O$: "Queue set current field" in complex grid

[Doug Kuyvenhoven]

Hi Kevin:

Make sure that the grid is visible before you do this. Setting the  
target field before the grid is visible won't work.

Doug Kuyvenhoven
Vencor Software - www.vencor.ca

On 15-May-08, at 12:19 PM, MARTINK2 at nationwide.com wrote:

> Doug,
>
> I have tried this numerous times in a complex grid that is  
> associated with
> a list.  I have never been able to get the cursor to change line  
> location
> by changing the current line in the list (Do
> ilstListName.$line.$assign(2), for example).  I just tried it again  
> in a
> simple test form in Studio 4.2 and got the same results:  the grid  
> cursor
> does not change rows, although the current field is changed by the  
> "Queue
> set current field."  What am I missing?
>
> As a result, I wrote my own method set to navigate a complex grid.   
> I use
> it with row validation to return the grid cursor to the offending  
> row and
> cell that failed validation.  I'd welcome a much simpler navigation
> method, but I haven't found it yet.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin J. Martin
> ID-Ten-Tee Software
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> Doug Kuyvenhoven <omnisdev at vencor.ca>
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> HI Joe:
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> First set the current line in the datalist represented by the complex
> grid.
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> Then queue set current field.
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> HTH
>
> Doug Kuyvenhoven
> Vencor Software - www.vencor.ca
>
> On 15-May-08, at 9:25 AM, Joe Brower wrote:
>
>> Howdy, listers,
>>
>> Rather than fiddle with this, I thought I'd pass it by y'all and
>> give the
>> list a little traffic. <G!>  I have gone through the list archives  
>> and
>> Studio docs, and could not find this particular bit mentioned
>> anywhere.
>>
>> I need to perform a "Queue set current field" to a specific cell in a
>> complex grid. The reason for this is because I allow the user to
>> enter empty
>> or zero values into grid cells, and then check them once the user has
>> clicked "OK".
>>
>> Example: Suppose I have a complex grid with data entered, 5 columns
>> across
>> and 4 rows deep. My cursor is on line 3, column 4 when I click "OK".
>> However, the empty value is on line 2, column 2, and that's where I
>> want the
>> cursor to go after an OK dialog informs the user of the error.
>>
>> Currently, I simply have "Quit event handler (Discard event)" after
>> the
>> dialog, which leave the cursor in its current position.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Joe Brower
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