Re: Advice as to how to create a dialog

2014-07-27 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Mike, You could lock messages before opening the dialog. That should keep the engine from firing the openField message. A better way probably is to not only lock messages but also select the text of the next field before unlocking the messages. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-

Re: Advice as to how to create a dialog

2014-07-27 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/27/2014, 1:21 PM, Michael Doub wrote: First time thru, the user clicks the field. As expected the openfield is called calendarWidget pops up as expected then openfield gets called again as the calendarWidget goes way and we are back on the stack with the field. Now I am in a loop. Anothe

Re: Advice as to how to create a dialog

2014-07-27 Thread Michael Doub
This might also allow me to position control actually near the original data entry field rather than in the center of the screen. does having a big transparent background have an side effects? -= Mike On Jul 27, 2014, at 2:28 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 AM, M

Re: Advice as to how to create a dialog

2014-07-27 Thread stephen barncard
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Michael Doub wrote: > How are other folks working with dialogs? > I sometimes avoid the hassles of another stack, modal limitations, etc. by using a GROUP with all the entry and controls. it can have a background that can be dimmed or invisible that obfuscates t