Subject Re: SpeedTip followup From Lee Grant <camilee@nospam.comcast.net> Date Thu, 23 Feb 2023 02:06:18 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Tom, If you're concerned with the speedtip, it might be because of the hardware complexity, because when I first ran your form, I didn't see the speedtip even when I pushed the button, it wasn't until I re-read your use case problem, that I then went and looked for the Calendar... tip, and sure enough it showed up, but only when I was over it for a certain amount of time in the proper spot. I suspect that the area is so small that, perhaps, on your hardware, it's not sending the message fast enough and when you move the mouse, it's already too late and cancelling. Don't consider it unresolved, but do take note. I had more than a little confusion following your code of creating an object as the child of an entryfield with it's onOpen() event and found it to be a bit, complex. Especially when you assigned an object reference (o.This) to the entryfield and made re-reference to the form, when just changing the code to read as form.colorNormal would have sufficed. It seems a bit tortured.  It may be that torturing of objects that has made the reaction of the code a little more complex and error prone on your setup, especially with UI being, say a little slower on your emulator than a native machine.  If you want this to succeed in your environment which is at the minimum, a non-standard setup, you need to work a little harder because of that difference, to understand what is happening. We can't, we don't do what you're doing, though I'm sure there are some here that are using VM's to run the software. Lee On 2/22/2023 5:28 PM, Tom wrote: <excessive code snipped> > Ken, Lee, Edward > > Last time, then I quit. > > My ?set("Exact") result is OFF. Typically, I never alter this. > > Ken: I included all the pictures to show everyone my system is a little > more complicated than most. Thought this may have some bearing on the > issue. > > Edward: Typically I 'quit' dBase when I am away from the computer for a > relatively short period of time. This leaves the Windows 'desktop' > visible on the screen. For an extended time period or over night I quit > dBase, 'quit' Windows which does not actually shut it down but leaves it > 'suspended'. Followed by 'quit' of Parallels which is the software that > acts as a go between between Windows OS and Mac OS. Lastly, I click > 'sleep' in Mac OS which is not a complete shut down as my keyboard and > external hard drive light go on and off as if possessed during the > night. On rare occasions, I do a complete shut down of Windows and Mac > OS. As to how all this works, you will have to ask my #1 son-in-law who > is the resident computer geek in the family and set all this up. > > In summary, I do quit dBase but I cannot say I see a direct connection > to my sample form operating as expected or not. I cannot site specific > examples but it seem that I have had this sort of problem in the past. > Checked my form a short time ago and it works as expected. Checked it > this morning about 20 minutes after my 'go figure' post report and no > speedup was displayed. > > Thank you all for your efforts but I feel it best to just consider the > matter unresolved. > > Regards, > Tom >