Subject Re: Changing value of speedTip From Milind Nighojkar <milinigh@yahoo.com> Date Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:23:13 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi Mervyn, I tried to construct the syntax...however it seems my understaning is poor... I have given form code in Ken's message .... Regards Milind Nighojkar Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2021/12/09 19:55, Milind Nighojkar wrote: > > Hi Ken, > > > > I wrote code as below for a grid. Not able to see the change in speedtip based on the field value > > > > **************** > >   function rowset_onNavigate(type, nRows) > >        if this.fields["emp_active"].value = false > >           this.CanEdit := false > >        else > >           this.fields["name"].speedtip = 'Changed Speedtip' > >       endif > >        return true > > **************** > > A field does not have a built-in speedtip property.  See speedtip in the > help file for a list of objects which do have a speedtip property. > > this.fields["name"].speedtip = 'Changed Speedtip' is creating a user > defined property for the field but dBASE doesn't know what to do with it. > > A grid is an object that has a speedtip property and if the mouse is > over any portion of a record displayed in the grid for more than one > second the speedtip will display. > > No event handler associated with a query or a rowset understands the > concept "form" so you can't use > > form.grid1.speedtip = 'Changed Speedtip' > > Try the following > > **************** >   function rowset_onNavigate(type, nRows) >        if this.fields["emp_active"].value = false >           this.CanEdit := false >        else >           this.parent.parent.grid1.speedtip = 'Changed Speedtip' >       endif >        return true > **************** > > In the the onNavigate event handler > > this  is the rowset > this.parent   is the query > this.parent.parent    is the form > > > Mervyn. >