Subject Re: Closing an image on a form From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:46:08 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2021/04/07 22:34, royprice wrote: > My inexperience is showing...... > I only have three image controls because I didn't even consider that only one would do the job. > > In retrospect what seems obvious now, wasn't before. > > So here I go again Even the most experienced programmer had to start somewhere.  The name of this newsgroup says it all.  Nobody expects participants to be experienced.  The replies here are generally a bit more detailed than, say, in the programming newsgroup. And remember, the only "silly" question is the one you don't ask. The example event handlers I posted earlier can be made less "messy" by saving some objects to variables.  You can name variables virtually anything you like (but avoid reserved words) but I find it helps to start with a lowercase character denoting the type of the contents followed by the name.  For example nFiles for a numeric value, cName for a string, dStart for a date, oForm or oDmd for an object    function IMAGEPHOTO01_onOpen()       //This event handler ensures that an image is displayed when       //the form opens.  You may need to add code to make sure that       //the correct image is shown.       oDmd = form.cactusaadatamodule1       oMainRowsetFld = form.cactusaadatamodule1.cactusaa_dbf1.rowset.fields["photoyesfile"]       //Saving objects to variables reduces typing later       if oMainRowsetFld = '01'         this.dataSource = oDmd.photos01_dbf1.rowset.fields["photo"]       elseif oMainRowsetFld = '02'         this.dataSource = oDmd.photos02_dbf1.rowset.fields["photo"]       elseif oMainRowsetFld = '03'         this.dataSource = oDmd.photos03_dbf1.rowset.fields["photo"]       endif       return.    function rowset_onNavigate(type, nRows)       //This event handler ensures that the image displayed as the       //user navigates the main table comes from the correct image table       oForm = this.parent.parent.parent       oDmd = this.parent.parent       if this.fields['photoyesfile'].value = '01'         //add code here to navigate to correct record in photos01_dbf1         oForm.imagephoto01.datasource = oDmd.photos01_dbf1.rowset.fields["photo"]       elseif this.fields['photoyesfile'].value = '02'        //add code here to navigate to correct record in photos02_dbf1         oForm.imagephoto01.datasource = oDmd.photos02_dbf1.rowset.fields["photo"]       elseif this.fields['photoyesfile'].value = '03'        //add code here to navigate to correct record in photos03_dbf1         oForm.imagephoto01.datasource = oDmd.photos03_dbf1.rowset.fields["photo"]       endif       return Mervyn.