Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:
what do you mean by "menu handlers"? Something handling the execution
of menu items in a menu on a menu bar? the command URL assigned to a
menu item (whose protocol can be "macro:///Library.Module.Subroutine")
Yes that is what I am referring to.
Create a menu via Tools > Customize for an embedded form - you only do
so for ALL forms - At the moment in the basic procedure if you use
thisComponenet what you get is a reference to the instance of the actual
form on the desktop. With the change you will get the reference to the
odb file that contains the definition of the form.
OK - reality this is a bit of a kludge - what really should happen is
that the call to the procedure should have an event structure but for
menus this is not the case - so this easy workaround. Yes, I know that
there are other ways to get at the actual form - thisComponent is
actually a shortcut anyway.
But all that said - It seems each time I think about this I am less
concerned anyway - because:
1. There isn't anything I can think of off the top my head that could
not be handled if the change is made.
2. I almost never use it this way for my own stuff.
3. Looking at some of the basic code postings on OOoForum where folks
used thisComponent so far haven't seen one where I couldn't
quickly change it over without a problem that I can see [meaning
I can't really test it]. ( I only looked at 6 and will try to
browse a few more but doubt I'll find one that is a problem )
4. It would be nice to have a shorthand way to get a reference to the
database document anyway...
Drew
