I'll submit this as a feature request and document the bug in the existing code.
Bill Vlahos On Monday, October 20, 2008, at 02:25AM, "Jan Schenkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- Bill Vlahos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Jan, >> >> Thanks. It looks like it sends the >> revUpdateCellValue message whenever >> a cell changes (like when pressing tab or return) >> not just when the >> value changes. Unfortunately, without the pOldText >> value I can't tell >> if it changed or not. >> >> Maybe you were thinking of a different message that >> only sends when >> the value changes? If not, I'll report the pOldText >> value missing as a >> bug. >> >> Bill >> > >Hi Bill, > >The thing is, 'revUpdateCellValue' is an undocumented >message and may not be around in the next version or >may change parameters. Right now, it is caught in the >'revCommon' backscript to prevent error messages until >this is either 'officialized' or 'deprecated' >Right now there is no API at all, and I don't think >'closeField' is the correct message to send to the >table field - maybe there should be an 'openCell' / >'closeCell' / 'exitCell' triad triggered from the >frontscript until we get a real table control. >As for getting messages when nothing has changed, this >has to do with the internal workings of the 'revTable' >frontscript - it insists on saving the value in the >current cell before moving on to another cell, and >that part of the script assumes something has changed. >Faced with this chicken-and-egg problem, one would >probably like to see this error fixed and a >semi-definitive API published for the table field - in >the same way that some bits of the 'revDatabase' >frontscript have been opened up. > >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) > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
