CENTERED dialogs

[TimStone]

Consider this

DEFINE WINDOW oWnd
...
ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd


DEFINE DIALOG oDlg OF oWnd
...
ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg CENTERED


DEFINE DIALOG oDlgA OF oDlg
...
ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlgA CENTERED

Should oDlg open centered on oWnd, and oDlgA open centered on oDlg ?

If I open the window, then move it to the side of the display, when oDlg is opened, it is centered on the main display. If I move it over to center it on oWnd, then open oDlgA, it is centered on the screen.

Since OF makes each a subscreen of the previous dialog, I would think CENTERED would make it relative to the previous screen, but it doesn't work that way.

What do you think ?

[cnavarro]

Try

ACTIVATE DIALOG .... CENTERED IN PARENT

[TimStone]

Thanks ... that works.

It's just not in the documentation, even online.

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

You are right, my apologies.

Anyhow it is inside dialog.ch:

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#xcommand ACTIVATE DIALOG <oDlg> ;
             [ <center: CENTER, CENTERED> [ <inwnd: IN PARENT> ] ] ;
             [ <NonModal: NOWAIT, NOMODAL> ] ;
             [ WHEN <uWhen> ] ;
             [ VALID <uValid> ] ;
             [ ON [ LEFT ] CLICK <uClick> ] ;
             [ ON INIT <uInit> ] ;
             [ ON MOVE <uMoved> ] ;
             [ ON PAINT <uPaint> ] ;
             [ ON RIGHT CLICK <uRClicked> ] ;
         [ <Resize16: RESIZE16> ] ;

[TimStone]

I know people don't like to write documentation if they are programmers. I hear that no one reads them, etc. I started a manual 33 years ago when I started creating a major application, and for the past few weeks I've once again been updating it to make it solid for my clients. It is a lot of work, and yet, for those of us who are happy to research answers rather than always asking questions, it is very helpful.

The online manual is pretty good, so it would be nice if the major changes in FWH could be added to that documentation.

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

It seems as it was already documented:

http://wiki.fivetechsoft.com/doku.php?id=fivewin_commands_dialogs

[TimStone]

And that is exactly where I looked before asking the question. I think I need a glass of wine and an easy chair.

Of course I would have to remember just where they are before I could use them .... getting too old !

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

I also forgot that it was updated

Time runs for all of us

[hua]

Neither of you guys missed anything. I updated the wiki after I read this thread yesterday

[Antonio Linares]

Hua,

Many thanks!

[TimStone]

Thanks for explaining. As the years go by, it gets harder to be on top of everything, but I do try.