| Subject | Re: combobox / msgbox |
| From | Lee Grant <camilee@nospam.comcast.net> |
| Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:26:12 -0500 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
Mervyn, Ahhh...okay, thanks. I guess not recognizing it is due to my not using an array with it, other than hard coded, and I usually use a table field, albeit a small table. It just looked similar to me, to the sample ArrayRowset code being used as a rowset, and I thought I remember the information provided saying regular arrays couldn't be used before as a mechanism and that's why they developed the ArrayRowset. Still learning. I'm going to have to try that now, I guess, although to me, it almost seems like using an array in memory for it, as being similar to using the mVars back when. ::shrug:: Lee On 2/16/2024 7:21 AM, Mervyn Bick wrote: > On 2024/02/16 10:31, Lee Grant wrote: >> Mervyn, >> >> Admittely, I'm not this advanced and especially in the use of Array >> and especially not ArrayRowsets, but looking at this code, he seems to >> be trying to use an Array, like an ArrayRowset, for a rowset. >> >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he needs to check out the sample >> of the ArrayRowset if that is what he is trying to do with a regular >> Array. > > A combobox has various options when it comes to assigning lists to its > datasource property. The most used option is to assign an array to the > property although one can assign a field from a rowset. > > When a combobox opens the first value in the list, be it an array or a > field in a rowset, assigned to the combobox's datasource property is > displayed in the combobox's entryfield > > Michel has opted to build an array from the data in the field because he > has more control. He has added a blank element at the start of the > array so that when the form opens nothing is displayed in the entryfield. > > Michel, it's not written on tablets of stone, but I prefer not to add a > blank element to the array. Sooner or later the user is going to select > that blank element and is going to wonder why your program doesn't > react. I prefer to use the form's onOpen event handler to place a > message in each combobox so that the user has an idea of what the > combobox is for. > > I've made some changes to your form which is attached. > > I've added an entryfield to show what record is selected. The > entrifield's tabstop property is set false so as to keep it out of the > z-order. > > Mervyn. > > > | |