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flypaper · Contributor Joined: 19 Oct 2001 Posts: 104

I can't figure out how to get the damn thing to close. Grr Evil or Very Mad

easy rider · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2002 7:05 pm Post subject:

here's a sample from a open about dialog. to go back to your original program you have to select 0 The about dialog is select 1

Mac · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2002 9:56 pm Post subject:

I posted a simple example in the VDS 3 source code
section for creating and closing child windows. Smile

easy rider · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2002 10:15 pm Post subject:

Or try this

Mac · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2002 10:44 pm Post subject:

Hey easy rider, Smile

Is there a reason you're hiding the window
instead of creating/closing it each time?

Also, there's no CLOSE label in your example...

Tommy · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2002 4:03 am Post subject:

I would expect that hiding and showing is much easier than creating and closing...

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2002 4:43 am Post subject:

I think that using Close on child windows is easier than Hide, as long as you use %%whatever = @event() after using Dialog Close to catch the event and not close the main Dialog..

Mac · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2002 9:52 am Post subject:

The main reason I asked was because the post was about
closing a child window, not hiding it...

I would assume create/close takes less resources since
the window is not always staying in the system whether
hidden or shown. And I agree with Sheep that it's easier.

An EVLOOP and CLOSE combo such as the one in the
child example I posted will close multiple child dialogs,
and still process other events normally.

vdsalchemist · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2002 2:16 pm Post subject:

Hi All,
Actually Mac is right. It does take up less resources to create/close a window than to maintain it in memory with show/hide. Not to mention that if you are using a child window to refresh your main window the create/close method is faster because Windows does not fly the window from the taskbar to the location that you are creating it. Windows just builds the child window at the location you tell it to. Just some thoughts to think about is all Wink

easy rider · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2002 6:27 pm Post subject:

Hi Mac

you absolutly right. I didn't now about the @event(d).
Also there isn't a reason for hiding a dialog ( i didn't read the message very well).
About no close, simple put :close above the :okbutton but this isn't working very well because if you close the child window it closes the whole dialog, so i like you're script very much.

See you Rene

Mac · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2002 7:40 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys, Smile

I managed to optimize the example slightly - eliminated
the "else" line in the CLOSE label, and changed the vars
where %e is the @event() and %d is the dialog number.
Hopefully made it clearer for new users...

Cheers, Mac Smile