| Subject | Re: AutoDropNot |
| From | Tom <IHaveNoEmail@ddress> |
| Date | Wed, 7 Nov 2018 06:06:22 -0500 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
On 11/7/18 2:46 AM, Mervyn Bick wrote: > On 2018-11-07 12:00 AM, Tom wrote: > >> Try the attached. This is what I have been struggling to do. :) >> Fond memories of Marko. Good guys like you and him are hard to find. >> Monkey see, monkey do works well for me. > > > Looks good. One small thing though. There's a lot of repeated code > throughout. Any time you find yourself using the same code more than > once it's a good idea to factor the code out into a separate function. First you get the code to work, then you dress it up for show. > > I've moved two blocks of code into the functions create_cholla and > sort_array. > > If you are going to use this construct often the next thing is to create > a custom entryfield control where the associated combobox is created > "behind the scenes" and all you need to do in the form is supply the > array for the combobox. (Nothing is impossible if you don't have to do > it yourself. :-) ) > Already have a custom combobox waiting in the wings. Trying to be one step ahead of you which is no easy task. > Mervyn. Regards, Tom | |