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- From: ntruelove@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu (STEP OUT OF THE CAR PLEASE)
- Subject: Showdialog Buttons on Forms
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:09:00 GMT
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- Has anyone else gotten fed up with Paradox40's decision to make ShowDialog a
- stricly modal function, ie you must select an item in the ShowDialog Box before
- returning to the workspace.
-
- I have found a simple solution - put the buttons on your forms. By creating
- colored buttons in the same locations on every form, if you trap for mouse
- events to the window coordinates of the buttons using Localizevent in your
- global-waitproc you essentially have buttons on your forms that can be used at
- any time. The process is fairly straightforward and simple.
-
- I made a Pg-up button, a Pg-dn button, and a condensed-view button on every
- form in my latest application. ;-)
-
-
- Naren
-
- P.S. - Could someone explain again why CoEdit is so much better than Edit? I
- missed the point.
-