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08/04/2013 15:54:03
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Title:
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 7
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
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Thread ID:
01570404
Message ID:
01570412
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The problem with dialogs is users don't read them. They get too many of them and typically they just select Yes or OK and move on. Typical user workflow:
1. Click the X to close window
2. See a dialog popup
3. Click Yes
4. Realize you just lost your changes and you wanted to save them
5. Swear


>I am trying to use the standard VFP messagebox. I know I can use Cesar's messagebox that allows different prompts for the buttons, but I do not want to introduce extra stuff right now in that project.
>
>Also, it is not only for Exit with an x button. For some reason we want non-standard behavior for the Revert button (we currently have Apply and Revert). Even though it says 'Revert' we still want to provide this prompt.
>
>May be I need to discuss this with my colleague, though, who wrote the design as it is too non standard.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
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