Newbie Question : XBROWSE

[nageswaragunupudi]

when using DIALOG instead of WINDOW i can not "maximize"

WRONG.
Use "RESIZABLE" clause while defining the DIALOG. Ref: dialog.ch

also BUTTONBAR does not appear when use oWnd:oClient := oBrwDBF ...

ALSO WRONG.
Just oDlg:Resize().

Test program (build and run in fwh\samples folder)

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#include "fivewin.ch"

REQUEST DBFCDX

function Main()

   local oDlg, oFont, oBar, oBrw, cAlias

   USE CUSTOMER NEW SHARED ALIAS ( cAlias := cGetNewAlias( "CUST" ) ) VIA "DBFCDX"

   DEFINE FONT oFont NAME "VERDANA" SIZE 0,-14
   DEFINE DIALOG oDlg SIZE 600,400 PIXEL TRUEPIXEL RESIZABLE FONT oFont ;
      TITLE "FWH: RESIZABLE DIALOG"
   DEFINE BUTTONBAR oBar SIZE 90,30 2007
   DEFINE BUTTON OF oBar PROMPT "This is the" CENTER
   DEFINE BUTTON OF oBar PROMPT "Button Bar" CENTER

   @ 0,0 XBROWSE oBrw SIZE 0,0 PIXEL OF oDlg ;
      DATASOURCE Alias() AUTOCOLS CELL LINES ;
      AUTOSORT FOOTERS FASTEDIT NOBORDER

   oBrw:AutoFit()
   oBrw:CreateFromCode()
   oDlg:oClient   := oBrw

   oDlg:bInit  := <||
      SET MESSAGE OF oDlg TO "Message Bar" CENTERED 2007
      oDlg:Resize()
      return nil
      >

   ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg CENTERED
   RELEASE FONT oFont
   ( cAlias )->( DBCLOSEAREA() )

return nil
 

so DIALOG is only when i do not want "resize" (which i most allow)

WRONG CONCLUSION, obviously.

[nageswaragunupudi]

hi,

interesting ... "where" can i read about it in Help File

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when using DIALOG instead of WINDOW i can not "maximize"
also BUTTONBAR does not appear when use oWnd:oClient := oBrwDBF ...

so DIALOG is only when i do not want "resize" (which i most allow)

Very obviously, you did not try the single line sample we recommended in our last post:

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XBROWSER cFileDBF

which would not have taken more than two or three minutes.

Had you tried, you would have already observed that the dialog that xbrowser command creates a DIALOG which can be minimized, zoomed and resized just like a window and you would not have posted this post.

[Jimmy]

hi,

thx for your help.
i´m still a Newbie under Fivewin and have to learn what Controls under Fivewin can do.

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as i say i have to learn a lot but 1st i need to understand how Fivewin work different to HMG or Xbase++

i use "old" Xbase++ or HMG CODE and try to "translate" working CODE to Fivewin
i try to use "only" Windows Control which are "same" for all Language so i know how to "translate" into other Dialect

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as my TGrid() does not handle DBF yet i have try to use XBROWSE ... much more than i need (yet)