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Is refresh necessary inside the Page::activate() event?
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08/10/2007 09:22:52
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01259377
Message ID:
01259388
Views:
17
>I'm refactoring our pageframe and page classes and I'm wondering if it is necessary to explicitely call the refresh() method.
>I wouldn't face with a tons of side effects.
>
>I've found this sentence in the wiki:
>"A VFP idiom: When you refresh a Form with a Page Frame on it, only the .ActivePage gets refreshed. This is by design and is desireable for video performance reasons. Thus, whenever the Page.Activate() method fires, you should do a This.Refresh().
>It's really a PITA to remember to put a This.Refresh into the Activate method of each page. See Auto Page Refresher for a suggestion on how to implement this behavior in your base page frame class.
"
>There are also solutions to implement autorefresher objects binded to the UIEnable method.
>
>In a few words, I've no clear idea of the situation.
>Thank you for your help.

The problem is, precisely, that a ThisForm.Refresh() will NOT refresh all pages - only the currently selected page. So yes, you have to refresh each page when it is activated.
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