Hi Jan, Thanx Jan. I'll play around with that this weekend. BTW: 1) I guess RunRev doesn't "natively" support MDI? 2) And in YOUR script after the 'set the name of it...', I should insert: go to stack "EditAccount"?
Thanx, Mark Stuart Jan Schenkel wrote: > > --- mfstuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> WINXP >> Rev 2.9 >> MSSQL >> >> How do I build an MDI interface where from a list of >> records the user can >> open multiple instances of a sub-stack with a >> different record on each >> sub-stack? >> >> Current setup: >> Main Stack - table list of records from a SQL >> database. >> Sub-stack - reads and displays the selected record. >> >> [snip] >> >> Problem: >> If the user double clicks again on a different >> record on the table list, the >> currently opened sub-stack becomes focused with the >> first opened record >> displayed, not the second selected record. >> I can't open more than one sub-stack at a time? >> >> TIA, >> Mark Stuart >> > > Hi Mark, > > You should look at the 'clone' command - keep a > pristine template stack around, and clone that stack > every time the user double-clicks the field - though > you should probably move it into a utility handler so > you don't have to copy the logic when you want to edit > customer records from elsewhere in your application. > > Also consider setting the 'destroyStack' property of > the cloned stack - that way, when the stack is closed > by script or by clicking the close button, the memory > it takes up will be freed. And you may also want to > set the label and name of the cloned stack at the same > time. > > So you would end up with something like this: > ## > global gAccountNumber > > on mouseDoubleUp > set the itemDel to tab > put item 1 of the selectedText into gAccountNumber > if gAccountNumber <> "" then > clone stack "EditAccountTemplate" > set the destroyStack of it to true > set the label of it to "Edit Account" && > gAccountNumber > set the name of it to "EditAccount" & > gAccountNumber > end if > end mouseDoubleUp > ## > > Hope this helped, > > Jan Schenkel. > > Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution > <http://www.quartam.com> > > ===== > "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." > (La Rochefoucauld) > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/open-new-sub-stack-with-different-record-from-database-tp17703392p17711140.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
