form as dialog panel?

[strato]

I would need something like inputbox (), but a little more complex. The panel can created by using a form, some containers, a built-in grid (browsing), command buttons, check boxes.
But doevents() exits immediately, setfocus() is not enough. The Lianja.showDialogPanel() - as I see it - can only be used to display a Lianja Page.
is there any way to use the Lianja Form as a dialog panel?
or how to make Lianja Page from a simple form to use for Lianja.showDialgPanel()?

[barrymavin]

you can use these commands.

read events
...
clear events

lianja.showdialogpanel() can use “functionName()” that returns a “container”.

[HankFay]

Hi strato,

Check out the Dialog Panel page https://www.lianja.com/doc/index.php/Dialog_Panels and then search for Visual Component on that page, and click that link.

So:

1) create a canvas section to fulfill your needs. It doesn't have to be in this app -- it can be in an app where you store all your Visual Components for the current project.

2) save it as a Visual Component

3) use it as the source of your dialog panel.

You can use that same visual component anywhere in your project. You can even set properties (surfaced as the docs show) in the given instance.

It's a brilliant solution to a very common issue in software development: how to make a component usable anywhere in your application as needed).

hth,

Hank

[strato]

thanks a lot Barry!
I read it in the documentation: READ EVENS command itself is not currently supported. (https://www.lianja.com/doc/index.php/CLEAR_EVENTS) ... but it really works!!
You wrote: a function that returns a "container" ... a form in this context is a "container", if I understand well

[strato]

You are great Hank!!!
Super solution, thank you!

[barrymavin]

READ EVENTS is now supported. I’ve corrected the doc.

You can add a visual component as Hank suggests or build a custom component using the UI framework classes. You don’t need a form when embedding inside a Dialog panel, just embed a container that contains your custom UI.

[strato]

[strato]

I need further help to create the dialog panel
1. I can't link the necessary events to the appropriate function (I commented in the sample program which works, which doesn't)
2. There are some sample programs. In _form.prg the main window and grid object are global variables, so the event handler works. In _form2.prg the event handler would work with the "own" object (referenced by "this." object) the address of grid object would be passed in a property, but it doesn't work (the members of the passed object are not available)
3. "this." reference would be important for the container solution (_container.prg and _container2). But this doesn't work at all, members of own object (this.) are not available in the event handler.
What do I do wrong?

[barrymavin]

Show me how you are calling the dialogpanel.

”this” always points to the object in any event.

[strato]

define class mykeres as container
mygrid = .null.
add object browin as container with anchor=1024+2048,layout=2,height=440,width=240
add object getwin as container with anchor=512+1024,layout=1,top=440,height=30,width=2 40

function talal
local patt, fld, cRec
private my_grid
my_grid = this.mygrid
fld = my_grid.column(1).controlsource // !!
patt = this.getwin.bevitel.value // !!
cRec = recno()
locate for atc(m.patt,&fld)=1
if !found()
go m.cRec
else
my_grid.goto(recno())
endif
enddefine

....
main program

my_window = createobject("form")
kerwin = kerespanel(my_alias)
my_window.addobject(kerwin)
read events

.....
function kerespanel
parameter p1

my_panel = createobject("mykeres")
my_win = my_panel.getwin
my_win.addobject("bevitel","textbox")
my_input = my_win.bevitel
my_input.bindevents(my_input,"valid",my_panel,"tal al")
my_browin = my_panel.browin
my_grid = my_browin.browse("browse fields contactname, companyname, customerid noedit nomodify","customers")
my_panel.mygrid = my_grid

return my_panel