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jwfv · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 11:23 pm Post subject: Event when entering a field?

Does anyone know of a way to fire an event when a user enters an edit field? Under certain conditions I need to ask the user a "pre-validation" question that will be used for a default in the field.

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 11:55 pm Post subject:

Looks like the only way is something like:

jwfv · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:41 am Post subject:

Thanks - I hadn't thought of trying a timer.

I've never used a timer and don't fully understand it. How often does the TIMER event occur?

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:43 am Post subject:

The second param of WAIT in evloop tells VDS how many seconds between Timer events. In the example above it's 0.01 seconds.

jwfv · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:21 am Post subject:

Does the TIMER event occur if you just use WAIT EVENT with no time interval? If so, what is the default? Just curious.

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:29 am Post subject:

Nope, only works when specifying an interval.

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Make sure for full compatibility that when using a decimal number, like
0.01 to use OPTION DECIMALSEP,"." Smile

Garrett · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 4:45 am Post subject:

If you use "WAIT EVENT,0" and have not set the OPTION SLEEPTIME, then
the default I do believe is 100ms. You can change that by setting the
OPTION SLEEPTIME to something of your choice, like 50, 25 or 200. Then
just use 0 in the WAIT EVENT and your timer will wait as long as you
set in the OPTION SLEEPTIME.

-Garrett