Tip of the day! show and cls - The lost commands

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Richard posted:

> > [ snip ]
> >
> > In short:
> > 1) re-discover cls() to clear blocks of your screen or your 
> > entire screen.
> > 2) Make use of show "" to make sure those non-relevant 
> > options are gone off the 
> >    bottom of the screen.
> > 
> Jose,
> 
> Remember that msgbox() and errorbox() take position and input options(single
> key). One can place these boxes anywhere on screen.
> 
> The also take the standard show codes for displaying text and background
> colors, at least with the windows version.
> 
> The problems with show popup is most programmers do not end this command
> properly.  The just CLEARP which closes the screen but doesn't end the
> function.  You will get an error if that same screen needs to come up again.
> 

Richard, I guess your comments would be better suited for my previous 
Tip of the day!  This last post, to which you replied, addresses the use
of show and cls as a balance to msgbox(), errorbox(), popup and browse-lookup.

I agree with you as far as the ability of using msgbox() and errorbox()
and placing these messages on a given X,Y point on your screen plus, the 
option to capture input.  I mentioned most of this on my previous tip but
countered that if you used popup instead, you have all that without the bulky
code.  As far as color is concerned, if you had Laura's screen painter, you
can have any color combination no matter which OS you are running on (again,
no intended as a plug!  8-)  ).

You did get my attention when you mentioned "not closing properly".  Could you
please elaborate?  I did not know you needed more than 'clearp' to clear/close a 
popup screen.  I have never ran into the error you are referring to and I am
not sure what you mean by "close the function".  I know that if you try to popup
a screen while one is open, you get an error ... (not even sure if you still do
in current versions). Are you referring to show_popup which allows you to stack 
them and close them individually?

Thanks,


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