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... font in the program as MS Sans Serif, -12, and aplied it to the main window, and inherited it to all of the dialogs. Then I was using RESIZE 16. Hmm, so you created the dialogs using one font then changed the font at runtime? And the dialogs looked the same? >Resource Workshop was rebelling ...

James and Gale > Hmm, isn't 01/01/0200 a valid date? YES it is ... but not in the realm of ( xHarbour ) ADO ( above date gives a run-time when you write to a table with ADO ) .. and on the way home from work this evening I kinda ...

Rick, Hmm, isn't 01/01/0200 a valid date? Don't you just want to test for some defined date range? Perhaps something like: function checkDate( dDate ) return if(year (dDate) > 1980, .t., .f. ) If hard-coding the minimum date ...

>No, with those two cursor types oRs:RecordCount is -1 even if there are records in the recordset.

Hmm. So how can we tell if there is an empty recordset?

James

Richard, >But now, the builder is not compatible with "Vista"..... i do not know if borland is, haven't tested it. Hmm, do you mean the builder itself won't run under Vista, or that the applications it builds won't. Or, by "not compatible" do you mean something else? >It is ...

James Bott wrote:Hmm, then why doesn't the activeX object get closed when called from the ON INIT clause?

Probably because the second window is modal if created in the ON INIT clause?

EMG

... method is therefore called immediatly. Duh, I was thinking it was a dialog. I need some sleep--I only had three hours last night... Hmm, then why doesn't the activeX object get closed when called from the ON INIT clause? James

... to respond your comments. I was quite happy using the basic Clipper 5.3. Only within the past year did I add-on PageScript for Clipper. Hmm. You were quite happy, but what about your users? As programmers it is our job (generally) to make users happy, not ourselves. >Prior to that ...

Maurilio, Hmm. The modal/non-modal state is set via the STYLE clause and I don't think an object can have it's style changed after it is created (but I may be wrong). Can you just make both dialogs modal? You can call one modal ...

Reinaldo,

>You know, I needed this for the ER-autoregister app.

Yes, that is why I resisted saying something about I wouldn't normally recommend unilaterally turning off the taskbar, but your kiosk situation is unusal. Hmm, well now I have gone and said it anyway.

James

Detlef Hoefner wrote:my problem is not to do something after a dialog is closed but when it's loosing focus.
I can not catch the moment when a user clicks outside the dialog.

Hmm. Since the dialog is modal, the only way it can loose focus is if you click outside the application. Is that what you mean?

James