DCL edit_box...

is there a way to make an edit box jump to the another edit box when the
character limit is reached...

 

In DCL, if there is, I don't know how to do it. It can be done when the
user presses "Enter" but to capture other key presses inside a DCL, I
suspect it's not possible. VB/VBA it can be done so I'd assume that
perhaps ObjectDCL might let you but in native DCL, I doubt it.

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Darren J. Young
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Hi ObjectDCL from www.objectdcl.com gives you far more control than DCL. In ObjectDCL to do this you would use the OnChange event (an ObjectDCL equivilent to DCL's action_tile). Then use strlen to test the length of the text. Then if it meets you length requirement use the function Odcl_Control_SetFocus to set the focus to the control you wish to change it to.

I hope this helps, Chad Wanless

 

how do you get it to move to the next box by hitting enter???

 

how do you get it to move to the next box by hitting enter???

It's been a number of years since I did this and I don't know that I
have any sample code here (perhaps at home) that demonstrates this.

But as I recall, I used the $reason variable in the callback.

$reason lets you know when you "leave" an edit box with tab, by picking
another editbox, etc. I believe what I did was have the OK button set
as an "Allow Accept" & "Is Default" so pressing "Enter" would activate
the "Ok" button. However, the Callback for the "Ok" button then checked
the "$reason" variable to see if I just left an edit box or not. If I
did, I didn't exit the dialog, instead moved to the next edit box with a
mode_tile function. If I didn't just leave an editbox, I closed the
dialog or did whatever else I needed to do.

Because this only tells you that you did leave an edit box, and not
which one you left, I believe I also setup callback functions for each
editbox where I set/monitored a variable that I'd check later so I knew
where I was and hence, where I needed to go.

Anyway, this might not be completely accurate because it's been so long.
But with a little creativity I know it can be done because I remember
doing it in the past.

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Darren J. Young
CAD/CAM Systems Developer

Cold Spring Granite Company
202 South Third Avenue
Cold Spring, Minnesota 56320

Email:
Phone: (320) 685-5045
Fax: (320) 685-5052

 

how do you get it to move to the next box by hitting enter???
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Use:
(action_tile "nextile" "(mode_tile \"nextile\" 2)")

Also in your DCL file, use edit_limit attribute to prevent more characters than you want in the first box.

:edit_box {
key = "pthn" ;
label = "Enter Search Path:" ;
edit_width = 30 ;
edit_limit = 8 ;
fixed_width = true ;
alignment = centered ;
allow_accept = false ;
}

Bill

 

thanks...

than you want in the first box.

 

i could not get it to work... if i changed the nextile to one of my keys it
"locked-up" the dialog box... what am i doing wrong...

than you want in the first box.

 

You're welcome!

I made a mistake on the action tile.
(action_tile "nextile" "(mode_tile \"nextile\" 2)")

Should be:

(action_tile "firstile" "(mode_tile \"nextile\" 2)")

Bill

 

you da man...