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[Vytas]

Hi,

I have been away from building FiveWin applications for quite a while. What I need to do is depending on a user input in a form's field I need to disable certain fields and perhaps colour them differently.

In other cases again depending on the user input I need to populate multiple field automatically and display the updated form.

If any example exist of these requirement, I would appreciate seeing them.

Currently I am using FWH 2.7

Thanks,

Vytas

[James Bott]

To change color

oGet:setColor( nClrFore, nClrBack)

To fill with data:

oGet:varPut( uData )

[Vytas]

Hi Again,

What am I doing wrong? I have tried various variables in the two valid statements and cannot get anything to work. I searched the web without any luck in finding any sample code doing what I want to do.

Thanks again,

Vytas
...
DEFINE DIALOG oEdit RESOURCE "ATTRIBUTES"

REDEFINE SAY oPoly_Area VAR POLY_AREA ID 1007 OF oEdit UPDATE
REDEFINE GET oLand_Base VAR LAND_BASE ID 1008 OF oEdit UPDATE VALID Check(LAND_BASE,"V%N%M%S%") PICTURE "@!"
REDEFINE GET oLand_Cover VAR LAND_COVER ID 1009 OF oEdit UPDATE VALID oEdit:oLand_Pos:setColor(CLR_HGRAY, CLR_HGRAY)
REDEFINE GET oLand_Pos VAR LAND_POS ID 1010 OF oEdit UPDATE VALID (oEdit:oVeg_Type:varPut("X"))
REDEFINE GET oVeg_Type VAR VEG_TYPE ID 1011 OF oEdit UPDATE
REDEFINE GET oDensity_Cl VAR DENSITY_CL ID 1012 OF oEdit UPDATE
...

[Antonio Linares]

The VALID clause must return a logical value:

VALID ( oEdit:oLand_Pos:setColor( CLR_HGRAY, CLR_HGRAY ), .T. )

With the current FWH version, what you want to do is already implemented and it is as easy as:

SetGetColorFocus( CLR_YELLOW ) // or whatever color you may want to use for the focused GET

[James Bott]

Vytas,

This syntax is incorrect:

REDEFINE GET oLand_Cover VAR LAND_COVER ID 1009 OF oEdit UPDATE VALID oEdit:oLand_Pos:setColor(CLR_HGRAY, CLR_HGRAY)

It should be something like this:

REDEFINE GET oLand_Cover VAR LAND_COVER ID 1009 OF oEdit UPDATE ;
VALID (oLand_Pos:setColor(CLR_HGRAY, CLR_HGRAY), .t. )

Note that you have to return a logical from a VALID codeblock. Also note that you can't do oEdit:oLand_Pos, but rather just oLand_Pos. All the controls are stored in an array of the dialog object, so the dialog object doesn't have vars matching the names of the vars (such as oEdit:oLand_Pos).

If you want them disabled, you should just do:

REDEFINE GET oLand_Cover VAR LAND_COVER ID 1009 OF oEdit UPDATE ;
VALID (oLand_Pos:disable(), .t. )

Disabling also changes the colors to standard disabled colors, I believe.

However, this is going to get incredibly complex, because you have to also re-enable some GETs if the user goes back and changes the GET or GETs that the disable depends on. For example:

...if GET1=10 .and. GET3="cat" then disable GET5, GET8, and GET9

But if the user then changes either GET1 or GET3, then GET5, GET8, and GET9 have to be re-enabled, and perhaps other GETs have to disabled. Whew!

Just because something can be done, doesn't mean that it should be.

I don't know how complicated your logic plan is, but if it is more than 2 to 3 options, then perhaps you should rethink your design. You could do sequential dialogs like a "wizard." This would be easier to program and less likely to confuse the user.

Regards,
James

[Vytas]

Thanks for the input you provide a lot of things I need to consider.

I still cannot get the color of a field to change. Am I missing a ch file or is something else causing it not to work?

REDEFINE GET oLand_Cover VAR LAND_COVER ID 1009 OF oEdit UPDATE VALID (oSOIL_MOIST:setColor(CLR_YELLOW, CLR_BLUE),oEdit:Update(),.t.)


If I populate the valid statement with values to autofill it works correctly. However, when I try to use a validation function it fails. What do I need to do to allow me to autofill from a function?

REDEFINE GET oVeg_Type VAR VEG_TYPE ID 1011 OF oEdit UPDATE VALID(Veg_Typ(oVeg_Type))

FUNCTION Veg_Typ(Typ)

DO CASE
CASE Typ = "WA"
oLand_Base:varPut("N")
oLand_Cov:varPut("W")
oLand_Pos:varPut("W")
....
return .t.

Thanks,

Vytas

[James Bott]

Vytas,

You have to pass all the get objects that you need to deal with. And you have to pass the dialog object so you can refresh it ( refreshing redisplays the colors).

A better way would be to build a class. That way you wouldn't have to pass anything.

Like I said, this can get complicated.

Regards,
James

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REDEFINE GET oVeg_Type VAR VEG_TYPE ID 1011 OF oEdit;
   UPDATE VALID Veg_type(oVeg_Type, oLand_base, oLand_pos)
...

FUNCTION Veg_Typ(oVeg_type,oLand_base,oLand_pos, oDlg)
   DO CASE
      CASE oVeg_type:varGet() = "WA"
           oLand_Base:varPut("N")
        CASE oVeg_type:varGet() = ...
           oLand_Cov:varPut("W")
        CASE oVeg_type:varGet() = ...
           oLand_Pos:varPut("W")
      ...
   ENDCASE
   // change the colors here...
   oDlg:refresh()
Return .t.

[James Bott]

Vytas,

Here is a working example.

Regards,
James

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/*
Purpose: Show how to change colors and contents of a GET
          based on input of another GET
Author : James Bott
Date   : 7/27/2015 3:55:35 PM
*/

#include "fivewin.ch"

Function main()
   local oEdit, Veg_Type:="     " , land_base:=space(4), land_pos:=space(4)
   
   define dialog oEdit SIZE 240,180

   @ 1, 1 GET oVeg_Type VAR VEG_TYPE OF oEdit  ;
     PICTURE "@!A" ;
     UPDATE VALID Veg_type(oVeg_Type, oLand_base, oLand_pos, oEdit)
     
   @ 3, 1 GET oLand_Base var land_base of oEdit UPDATE
     
   @ 5, 1 GET oLand_pos var land_pos of oEdit UPDATE
     
   activate dialog oEdit centered
   
Return nil

FUNCTION Veg_Type(oVeg_type,oLand_base,oLand_pos,oEdit)
   oLand_Base:enable()
   DO CASE
      CASE oVeg_Type:varGet() = "WA"
         oLand_Base:varPut("N")
         oLand_Base:disable()    
        CASE oVeg_Type:varGet() = "AA"
         oLand_Base:varPut("W")
         oLand_Base:setColor(CLR_BLUE,CLR_YELLOW)
        CASE oVeg_Type:varGet() = "BB"
         oLand_Pos:varPut("W")
         oLand_Pos:setColor(CLR_BLUE,CLR_HCYAN)
      //...
   ENDCASE
   oEdit:refresh()
Return .t.

// EOF

[Vytas]

Thanks James,

You have set me on the right path. However I still have two issues that are not working. Once I auto populate several fields I want the function to set focus to a field 4 spaces over. What I get is the focus going to the first field on the form. Also the color does not want to be set. What am I missing?

Thanks,

Vytas


FUNCTION Test_Chk(oSpec_Nu1_1,oGenus1_1,oSpecies1_1,oVariety1_1,oPercent1_1,oEdit,aLookup)
Sp := oSpec_Nu1_1:varGet()
Loc := ASCAN(aLookup, {|aVal| aVal[1] == Sp})

IF Loc > 0
oGenus1_1:VarPut(aLookup[Loc,2])
oSpecies1_1:VarPut(aLookup[Loc,3])
oVariety1_1:VarPut(aLookup[Loc,4])
oEdit:SETFOCUS(oPercent1_1)
oPercent1_1:setColor(CLR_BLUE,CLR_YELLOW)
oEdit:update()
ELSE
? "Species code not found in lookup"
ENDIF
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