Show Popup

[Richard Kreiss]

I checked *cabe help file from previous versions of filePro. 

SHOW POPUP  was added in version 4.5

Show Popup help information as I send it appeared in *cabe help file in
Version 5.7

In the help file for version in 5.6 showed an example similar to that in the
5.7 & 5.8 help files.

It is interesting to go back to see when functions were added to filePro.
Many of the functions we take for granted now were added in 4.5 and 4.8.  If
memory serves, many of the I/O functions were added overnight during a
database competition allow filePro to compete.  It is interesting that most
of the older versions of filePro still work although some earlier versions
are have issues with 64 bit operating systems.

Richard 

> SHOW popup("17","-1") "\r A \r-Add, \b4 D \a-Delete, \r U \r-Update, \r X
\r-
> Exit"
> 
> Changed to:
> 
> SHOW popup("17","-1") "\r A \r-Add, \b4 D \a-Delete, \r U \r-Update, \r C
\r-
> Cards, \r X \r-Exit"
> 
> I expected this to be a single line popup.  However, when run, the popup
> truncated the word Exit splitting it to a second line to -Ex on one line
and left
> justified xt on the other.
> 
> After a bit of experimenting, I found that elimination the commas and
setting a
> dummy field xx(75,*) = "\r A \r-Add  \b4 D \a-Delete \r U \r-Update \r X
\r-Exit" I
> had a single line popup as before.
> 
> When xx was set to (80,*) the word EXIT was truncated but not when the
field
> was (75,*).
> 
> I just changed the program line to read show popup("17","-1") xx , "more
> Prompts" .  The "more prompts" was located to the lower right and on the
last
> line of the show popup. Window. (see example below)
> 
> Using an uncast dummy field zz="\r A \r-Add  \b4 D \a-Delete \r U
\r-Update \r X
> \r-Exit More Prompts", places More Prompts on a second line.
> 
> It appears the maximum number of characters before the string truncates is
75.
> After that the second line appears.
> 
> So, it appears one can program the show popup to:
> 
> 1.      look and work similar to listbox with a prompt option except the
need to
> use waitkey-per example below
> 
> 2.      popup a single line string - 75 characters or less
> 
> 3.      popup a 2 line string if the first one is longer than 75
characters
> 
> From the *cabe help file:
> SHOW POPUP  continued)
> 
> Examples:
>       then: SHOW POPUP ("-1","-1") "Some text here.", "Press \K4 to
Continue"
> loop1  if:
>       then: xx = waitkey
>         if: @sk ne "SAVE"
>       then: goto loop1
>       then: clears
> 
>   This popup     ---------------------------┐
>     will be      │ Some text here.          │
>   centered on    L---Press  ESC  to Continue-
>   the screen:                                  <- dropshadow
>                                            ^
>                                            L- cursor position
> 
> Note: For this example, the prompt will contain  F10  on non-DOS/Windows
> systems.
> (continued)
> 
> Does anyone know if this this is new behavior or just one that I had not
run into
> before?
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
> 
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