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FW0933: SCREEN BUILDER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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using the keyboard?
A. You cannot; a mouse is required to create a screen with the
Screen Builder.
to create either an input field (a GET) or an output field (a
SAY). What happened to the Edit Field option in the Field
dialog box?
A. The Edit Field option is now part of the new Edit Region dialog
box. To create an edit field, click the Edit Region tool
located on the left side of the Screen Design window. Note that
as you select the tool, a brief description appears in the
status bar at the bottom of the screen.
In the Edit Region dialog box, the Select On Entry and
Initially Disable Edit Region options are new. For additional
information on these options, see the help topic "Edit Region
Dialog."
button options: Normal, Invisible, and Picture. Were these
options available in FoxPro version 2.0?
A. The preexisting Invisible Button and Push Button options were
consolidated into a single dialog box in FoxPro for Windows.
The Picture type push button is new. You can create push
buttons using bitmap (.BMP) picture files to graphically depict
actions that will be initiated when particular buttons are
selected. Picture files can also be used with option (radio)
buttons and check boxes in FoxPro for Windows.
Selection Pointer tool. Is there an easier way to move objects
a small distance?
A. Yes. Select the object to be moved using the Selection Pointer
tool. Once the object is selected, use the arrow keys to move
the object a pixel at a time.
number of fields. After creating the application, I used the
keyboard to step through the fields in this screen. The order
in which the fields were accessed was not what I expected based
on the physical arrangement of the fields. How can I change the
order in which the fields are accessed without changing their
physical position?
A. To accomplish this, return to your original screen. In the
Screen Builder, choose Object Order from the Screen menu. This
option opens the Object Order dialog box. Screen objects are
listed according to their order of accessibility with the
keyboard. To change the access order for the objects, click the
button to the left of the object and drag the object to its new
keyboard access position. When you are finished, rebuild your
application to include the new field-access order.
the screen generator exactly what code to generate, such as opening
and closing files and defining or releasing windows and modal
screens. Is this option still available? I can't seem to find
these options.
A. Yes. In the Generate Screen dialog box, note that there is a
More button. Choose this button and the dialog box expands to
display the generate code options.
specify colors for my screen objects?
A. To specify colors, first select the screen object or a group of
objects. To modify the background color of the object, choose
Fill Color from the Object menu. To modify the outline and text
of an object, choose Pen Color from the Object menu.
NOTE: The AUTOMATIC setting matches the Windows' color sets.
To change the background of the entire screen, choose Layout
from the Screen menu and click the Color option. You may choose
a specific color or select a wallpaper pattern by clicking
Wallpaper and specifying a .BMP file.
of a general field. No matter what I do, nothing appears. What
am I doing wrong?
A. General fields are used to display OLE objects. Therefore, to
display the contents of a general field, use the Picture tool.
The Field tool cannot display pictures.
and specified the appropriate .BMP file. Can you please explain
how the Clip Picture, Scale Picture - Retain Shape, and Scale
Picture - Fill The Frame options in the If Picture And Frame
Different Size group affect the display of the picture?
A. Bear in mind that the following options apply only when the
picture and frame are different sizes:
- Choose the Clip Picture option if you want to retain the
original dimensions of the picture. If the picture is larger
than the frame, only a portion of the image will be displayed,
beginning with the top-left portion of the picture. Any portion
of the picture that extends beyond the frame will be hidden.
- Choose the Scale Picture - Retain Shape option if you want to
retain the overall shape of the picture but fill as much of the
frame as possible. The picture will be protected from vertical
or horizontal distortion.
- Choose the Scale Picture - Fill The Frame option if you want to
fill the frame completely. The picture will be horizontally or
vertically distorted as needed to fill the frame.
10. Q. I want to create a screen that allows online editing of OLE
objects stored in a general field while a READ command is
active. I have tried including a picture in my screen using the
Picture tool, but I am not able to edit the displayed .BMP
file. Is there a way to do this?
A. Yes. Use the Field tool to create a general field in your
screen. Select the WHEN clause and enter the command MODIFY
GENERAL FLDNAME in the code snippet area as a procedure. Save
the screen changes and regenerate your screen and/or
application. Now you will be able to edit the bi(((TM)))ap
within the screen when the application is running.
11. Q. Why can't I type as many characters in an input field as will
physically fit?
A. In a proportional font, each character is given as much
vertical space as it needs and no more. For example, a
lowercase "f" requires much less space than an uppercase "W."
When an input field is placed on a screen, FoxPro calculates
the width of the field by taking the number of characters in
the database field times the average size of a character in the
specified font. If the field is filled with wider-than-average
characters, the characters will not all fit in the input field,
and so the characters scroll. If the field is filled with
narrower-than-average characters, the characters will not
appear to fill the input field.
12. Q. How do I control the length of a memory variable (or "memvar")
independent of the size of an input field?
A. Use a PICTURE clause to control the memory variable's length in
conjunction with a SIZE clause to control the width of the
input field.
Keywords : FxinteropOle
Version : 2.50
Platform : WINDOWSLast Reviewed: December 13, 1996