Dialog_modal issues

[Dennis]

I see the previous thread has been locked.

It's strange that I have the issues but that Rod and Anatoly don't have. I tells me that I am doing something wrong...

I will look to see if I am not accidently using a "refresh" somewhere.

If there is one, and I remove it, and my windows work I will be as happy as a pig in the smelly stuff 

Thanks all for pointing me in a direction....

I will experiment/check and revert.

Regards

Dennis

[Dennis]

YES!!! It was a select that was causing the problem.. I am the proverbial pig rolling in the smelly stuff

Murphy's law strikes again. I picked the only window in my entire system to experiment with that had the ONLY select hidden amongst a whole bunch of "disable", "enable" statements!

For the love of me, I don't know why I used it as I was resizing nothing. Removed it and now everything works!!

I am also going to remove all the relevant stylebit statements as they are redundant....

Thanks Rod and Anatoly - your pointer is much appreciated.

Incidently Rod, I think you mentioned that the restriction of using locate, refresh, amd modal is documented. I looked but cannot find the part in the manual that describes the restriction.
Can you please give me an indication of where to look?

Regards

Dennis

[Rod]

Open the help file, scroll right down to the REFRESH command. Click on that then the Windows and Dialog link.

[tsh73]

It was a select that was causing the problem

What kind of "select" ?

[Dennis]

Anatoly, apologies, I meant a "refresh" not a select. It was a print #handle, "refresh".

Thanks Rod. I never looked at the actual REFRESH command but stopped at the "Window and Dialog Commands" topic. If you look at that topic, it does not differentiate between window types.

Irrespective, I had no need to use the refresh. I checked the rest of my system and that was the only instance...
Must have had a grey hair moment..

Perhaps a small change to the LB help should be applied??

[Rod]

It does, but the help file is lean and mean and every word is there for a reason.

RESIZEHANDLER - This command sets up an event handler that is activated when the user resizes a window of type "window". This command is not useful for dialog windows or for windows without a sizing frame. See also the REFRESH and LOCATE commands below.

'set up a handler for when the user resizes a window
print #handle, "resizehandler [branch]"

or...
'clear the resizing handler
print #handle, "resizehandler"

See the example program RESIZE.BAS.

You really have to read around and about the command set you are interested in.

[Dennis]

Thanks Rod. Since I wasn't resizing, I never paid much attention to the resize commands. I never went into reading in detail commands that were not relevant to what I was doing.

I have visual impairment issues post eye surgery and I now struggle with certain fonts, colors, and point sizes. I have to limit using my eyes which means I only read the necessary. Most of the time I see the screen as a blur and have to increaese the resolution to 150%. I use a custom-designed magnfying glass to read books and other documentation.

Never-the-less, point taken - read more.

Thanks for your help.

Regards

Dennis