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Widget event problem [message #5173] Mon, 16 October 1995 00:00
gfu is currently offline  gfu
Messages: 10
Registered: October 1995
Junior Member
Hi,

In IDL widget event handling, is it possible to start another event inside
an event before it (the parent event) finish ?

The example included at the end demonstrated that I cannot do this.

Any comment or soulution ?

Gary

;*********************************************************** *******
pro event_EVENT, event

Widget_Control, event.top, Get_UValue=gvar
WCMD = gvar.WCMD

CASE event.id OF

WCMD.quit: BEGIN
WIDGET_CONTROL, event.top, /DESTROY
RETURN
END

WCMD.button1: BEGIN
print, 'inside button1 event'

WCMD.flag = 1

event = {ID:WCMD.button2, TOP:WCMD.base, HANDLER:WCMD.base}
WIDGET_CONTROL, event.ID, SEND_EVENT=event

WHILE (WCMD.flag EQ 1) DO BEGIN
ENDWHILE
END

WCMD.button2: BEGIN
print, 'inside button2 event'
WCMD.flag = 0
END

ELSE: BEGIN
END

ENDCASE

END


;*********************************************************** *****************

pro event

; setup gui widgets

WCMD = {WCMD, base:0L, button1:0L, button2:0L, quit:0L, flag:0L}

WCMD.base = WIDGET_BASE(xoffset=50, yoffset=50, $
title="Test event")

base0 = WIDGET_BASE(WCMD.base, /COLUMN)
base1 = WIDGET_BASE(base0, /ROW)

base4 = WIDGET_BASE(base0, /ROW)
WCMD.button1 = WIDGET_BUTTON(base4, VALUE="button1")
WCMD.button2 = WIDGET_BUTTON(base4, VALUE="button2")
WCMD.quit = WIDGET_BUTTON(base4, VALUE="Quit")

WIDGET_CONTROL, /REAL, WCMD.base

gvar = {WCMD:WCMD}

WIDGET_CONTROL, WCMD.base, SET_UVALUE=gvar

XMANAGER, "event", WCMD.base, event="event_EVENT", GROUP=group

end
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