I have a problem:

In a form, I have a menu option which calls a subroutine which will do the following:

Compile a report showing specific information

Call a Report to Display / Print this information

Prompt the user to take some action

If I call OR_VIEW to do the report, it never comes back to the subroutine on the Close Event. Any suggestions?

Don Miller

Don,

Perhaps a RETURN 1 statement needs to be inserted somewhere in the process?

-Stephen

Stephen..

Here's a skeleton of the program:

SUBROUTINE DO_SOMETHING(VOID)

DECLARE FUNCTION MSG

DECLARE SUBROUTINE OR_VIEW

* build an R/LIST SENTENCE INTO VARIABLE CMD

CALL OR_VIEW with command buffer set

* the OR_VIEW report works just fine * when the user closes the report, perhaps * after printing, it should exit and come * back to this subroutine…

MSG.TXT=Do you want to do something?'

MSG.TXT=BNY'

* I never get here …..

Opt=MSG(@WINDOW,MSG.TXT)

… if yes button clicked then do whatever

RETURN

..

This code is hooked to a menu choice with a quick-event

to execute a stored procedure.

Don Miller

C3 Inc.

Don,

I was just looking at the source for OR_VIEW and it ends with a RETURN ''. Perhaps if we changed it to 1 here? Let me know.

-Stephen

Stephen..

Carl Pates of Sprezz. found the problem. OR_VIEW is not executed modally (via a DIALOG_BOX call). Rather it just does a call to START_WINDOW. If it is executed in event context from a user window with a process following it's call, it does an immediate return. One way around it is (from Carl Pates) - Assuming the actual name is ORMAIN:

CALL OR_VIEW(blargh…)

Loop

While Get_Property("ORMAIN","HANDLE") ;* see if it's still alive

Call Yield() ;* let other processes continue

Repeat

Do the rest of your stuff

Don Miller

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