Subject Re: Pushbuttons From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in> Date Mon, 7 Oct 2019 19:35:44 +0530 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 07/10/2019 19:24, Mervyn Bick wrote: > On 2019-10-07 8:05 AM, Akshat Kapoor wrote: > >> Thank You for the explanation Mervyn, >> Yes extracting what to do from Pushbutton properties is also possible >> We can easily obtain which control has focus >> >>        if type('this.parent.activeControl') # 'U' >>            if this.parent.activeControl.Name == "CANCELPUSHBUTTON" >>               this.stopTrying := true >>               return >>            endif >>        endif >> > > It's actually easier than that.  Store the value from the field > push_action to a user-defined property of the pushbutton when it is > constructed > > cmd = [form.main]+temp+[.action = ']+ > rtrim(form.table1.rowset.fields["push_action"].value)+['] > &cmd > cmd = [form.main]+temp+[.onclick = form.push_onclick] > &cmd > > All the pushbuttons use the same onClick event handler but you don't > need to know specifically which pushbutton has focus.  In fact, if you > set the pushbutton's speedbar property true, it won't get focus when > clicked. > > "this" in the event handler is always the object which executed the > event handler whether it gets focus or not.  The event handler can, > instead of having the action passed to it as a parameter, simply fetch > it from the user-defined property of the appropriate pushbutton. > >    function push_onClick() >       action = this.action >       form.result.text = action >       .... >       return > > > Mervyn. Marvelous. is the best description. Regards Akshat