How to prevent window close during data entry
Mike Rowan
mgrowan at fastmail.com
Fri May 2 21:15:37 UTC 2025
Thank you both, once again. Where would we be without this list!
On Fri, May 2, 2025, at 2:13 PM, Paul Mulroney wrote:
> Hi Mike
>
> Try using the $canclose method - if you have quit method kfalse, then it won't allow the window to close
>
> eg
>
> Quit method iEDmode=0 ## Only close if iEDmode=0 (ie not in enter data)
>
> Regards
> Paul.
>
>
> > On 2 May 2025, at 10:15 am, Mike Rowan <mgrowan at fastmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all.
> > I've found yet another thing I just don't get.
> >
> > I want to prevent a window closing if my 'entering data' flag iEDmode is not zero.
> > $event method (overridden) I have:
> >
> > On evClosebox
> > If iEDmode>0
> > OK message [A suitable message]
> > Quit event handler (Discard event)
> > End if
> >
> > I thought the discarded event is the click on the closebox. But the window closes anyway.
> >
> > No doubt there is a simple answer to this. Care to share?
> >
> > Mike Rowan
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