Graph and Combo Box and Windows 3.11 (ViP Specific)
At 20 OCT 1997 03:42:21AM Anders (anders.bagewitz@eu.pnu.com) wrote:
Hi
I'm having some trubble running a ViP application on both Windows 3.11 and Windows 95. Everything works fine in Win 95, the trubble is in Win 3.11.
Problem 1.
The graphs doesn't work. I know that this is because i have previewed them in design mode. This sucks ! How am I supposed to make any nice graphs when I can't modify them in design mode. This I think I can live with however. If you have any tips on how to handle these situations please give them to me. (I'm a bit short on the time…)
Problem 2
My Combo Boxes doesn't work in Win 3.11. I can't select an entry in them by pressing the arrow. I can select by placing the cursor in the combo box and then step through the items with the arrow keys. I have also tried to use a list box but I get the same result.
How can I do this ?
And I have one more question. Can the install program for ViP runtime take any arguments. I don't want the user to answer any questions that the install program gives. I want to "pre specify" everything.
Is this possible ?
Best regards
Anders
At 24 OCT 1997 12:20PM Stephen Bellefontaine Revelation wrote:
Hello Anders,
Sorry for the tardy response.
After some investigation we have determined that it is possible to install the ViP Runtime without user intervention.
InstallShield provides options to create a Silent Run Mode install. A Runtime built in this mode and setup with a /S switch will inform the install to read a response file containing the user information.
Our development staff is hoping to add this feature to our ViP/DX 2.6 release.
If you preview a chart in ViP 2.x, ViP encodes the chart with 32-bit chart attributes which prevents the chart from displaying when run with the 16-bit Runtime. To avoid this problem, do not preview the chart in the ViP Designer. You can enable users to edit the chart settings by including a command button with a Click event script like the following (assumes the chart object is named Chart1):
status%=Chart1.EditChart()
Keep in mind that any changes the user makes are Runtime changes and are not saved with the application.
You may want to take a look at the new chart properties in ViP 2.2 that allow you to programmatically set many of the chart attributes. They also specify which are 16/32 bit compliant.
We are currently running some tests to try and reproduce the combobox behavior you are experiencing in Win3.11.
We will post more information when it becomes available.
Hope this helps,
ViP Tech Support