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Re: Trouble wih events [message #36855 is a reply to message #36770] Thu, 30 October 2003 05:44 Go to previous message
Nuno Oliveira is currently offline  Nuno Oliveira
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Registered: October 2003
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Thanks.



I've already tried the solution that you refer in that link in your site and
it did solve my problem.


"David Fanning" <david@dfanning.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a0974936f96f519989728@news.frii.com...
> Nuno Oliveira writes:
>
>> I have a problem with a routine that handles my widget events. I would
like
>> to know if someone here could give me a tip.
>>
>> When an event is recognized the program is supposed to execute a
function
>> (that is also a widget application) that returns an important variable.
But
>> it seems that the program doesn't wait to the function to terminate and
>> executes the remaining statements on the event routine. The result is
that I
>> don't get my new variable (the one returned by the function).
>>
>> I thought the event routine would wait for the function to continue the
>> execution but apparently, it doesn't... and the variable is in a COMMON
>> block between the main program and the event routine
>
> What you want is what I call a "pop-up" or "modal" dialog widget.
> Here is how it is done:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/widget_tips/popup.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
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