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Application with no READ EVENTS
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24/05/2001 22:41:13
 
 
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24/05/2001 16:36:11
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00511171
Message ID:
00511311
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15
Don, can I have your users when you are done with them?

>Actually, I have rarely (actually never) had an application that
>used anything other than MODAL forms and have never had anyone
>unhappy with that. Most of my clients like SIMPLE ... and so do I.
>However, I have always used a READ EVENTS statement and an actual
>menu but always used modal forms. If this works ... it will open
>up another option for me for small (and maybe even big) applications.
>
>
>
>
>>>I am considering using a form for my main menu of an application.
>>>I have found that this works ...
>>>
>>>My main program contains a call to the mainmenu form ...
>>>
>>>as in ...
>>>
>>>* main.prg
>>>do form mainmenu
>>>return
>>>
>>>and my mainmenu form is MODAL with buttons on it calling other MODAL forms.
>>>
>>>It seems to work. Any reasons not to do this ?
>>
>>Don,
>>If you application lends itself to this type of design, go for it. However, some users may not like not being able to do multiple things within your application at one time. However, like I said, if your application requires that they finish one task before starting another, it's great.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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