| Subject | Re: Programmatically Adding An Event |
| From | Tom <IHaveNoEmail@ddress> |
| Date | Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:35:23 -0500 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
Hi Rich, Did I ever mention my questions always seem to turn out MUCH more complicated than they initially appear? Some people just have that knack I guess. On 12/10/18 9:13 AM, rich@autotraker.com wrote: > Well, so much for those ideas. The onMouseMove, onMouseOut, and > onMouseOver events don't fire while the mouse button is down. > So they are out as far as determining when the mouse with the button > down is no longer over the push button. > So I added a routine to report back to the while down loop if the mouse > is still over the control. > Its works the closest I can come to duplicating the behavior of a spinbox. > Really I'm not sure this is necessary as this isn't a spinbox. It’s a > custom control. Be that as it may.... > > Personally I think I would have gone with a real spinbox with 2 > entryfields superimposed over the top. > I guess that's where you started before we got sidetracked into using > API calls. Only doing it that way is like you mentioned earlier, while > the spinbox is being used, you loose highlight of which entryfield is > being modified. This sounds vaguely familiar ... However, the result of the spinning is clearly visible even though the control is not highlighted. > Maybe using a color change of the highlighted entryfield onGotFocus and > reaffirming the color while the spinbox is being used. I'm sure there is > a non-API solution there somewhere. > Maybe we should call this "How to make 2 pushbuttons act like a spinbox > when you could have just used a spinbox". LOL > Rich... > Thanks for your work. Will investigate further asap. Tom > > wrote in message news:AXyqxy7jUHA.904@ip-AC1E04A7... > > Easy enough to change. > The button has a onMouseMove, onMouseOut, and onMouseOver events. > Test for the mouse being over the control and the mouse button down to > limit > the function to just when the mouse is over the pushbutton. > Rich... > > > "Tom" wrote in message news:OVQFoDyjUHA.1832@ip-AC1E04A7... > > On 12/7/18 5:18 AM, Ronnie MacGregor wrote: >> In article <QEcT3RXjUHA.1832@ip-AC1E04A7>, rich@autotraker.com says... >> >>> I need to update my VCR control with some of the changes from this code. >> >> Glad everyone is having fun !!! >> >> >> > Well, we were until ... > > Sorry to report that both your custom control and Rich's have the same > problem. If you study a real spinbox carefully, you will see that, as > soon as the mousepointer moves beyond the pushbutton, spinning stops. > Your controls continue the spinning anywhere you move the mouse on the > form until you let go of the mouse. Not exactly a feature I had in mind. > > Tom | |