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Re: Trouble wih events [message #36770]

Wed, 29 October 2003 05:54

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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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

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