Hi Mike,
You could lock messages before opening the dialog. That should keep the
engine from firing the openField message. A better way probably is to
not only lock messages but also select the text of the next field before
unlocking the messages.
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On 7/27/2014 20:21, Michael Doub wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to create a dialog for data entry into a Date
field. I want to use a date picker if the control key is not down, but allow
normal entry if the control key is down. I thought that I would use the open
field handler and I thought I would pass data to and from the dialog stack thru
the dialog data. Sounds simple enough...
on openfield
put the short name of the target into jump
put the datefields of this card into Date_Fields
if jump is not among the lines of Date_Fields then exit openfield
if (the controlkey is up) then
put fld jump into contents
if contents is not empty then
set the dialogdata to contents
else
put the date into contents
set the itemdel to "/"
set the dialogdata to "20" & item 3 of contents & "-" & item 1 of contents &
"-" & item 2 of contents
end if
go to stack "calendarWidget" as modal
put the dialogdata into fld jump
end if
end open field
Well, it seems like the openfield handler is getting called even when the user
is actually clicking in the field as if there is a state being maintained and
it is called whenever the stack becomes active.
Let em try and be more clear..
First time thru, the user clicks the field. As expected the openfield is called
calendarWidget pops up as expected
then openfield gets called again as the calendarWidget goes way and we are back
on the stack with the field. Now I am in a loop.
This has me wondering if using the openfield handler is the correct approach?
Am I correct in assuming that I will be able to pick up the results of the
calendarWidget after the go command? Is the calling stack blocked waiting for
the modal stack to complete?
How are other folks working with dialogs?
Thanks
Mike
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