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24/10/1997 16:25:11
 
 
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24/10/1997 13:51:31
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00056207
Message ID:
00056611
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35
>>>>>I have a new problem, I am beginning to dislike Windows 95. I am developing an Inquiry screen
>>>>>for Jobs. The first is a list of Jobs, using a check box selection I then am calling a second screen
>>>>>to display Job detail Information. The problem is the Job Master list from screen one is reloading
>>>>>onto the second detail screen. The header information is clearing, as well as the Job description,
>>>>>only the Job Number is reloading. The second screen is loading correctly and the Wallpaper is
>>>>>changing to the new screen. Could this be a screen buffer problem? I as saving the first screen
>>>>>before loading the detail, so the user may make additional selections, if desired.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank You, in advance, Barb
>>>>
>>>>Ok....I'm gonna get REAL simplistic here. Are these individual 'windowed' screens or on the desktop? The reason I ask is the statement 'I am saving the first sreen'. Does the second screen have its own read?
>>>
>>>Doris, the second does have it's own read. They are both
>>>defined as Desktop screens.
>>
>>Ok, just out of curiosity (and to save memory), why don't you move them into separate windows and see if this behaviour is still going on?
>>
>>And now for the second set of questions....do these screens come from different tables with like fieldnames? Perhaps you are not in the table you think you are in.....?
>
>No, the same table holds all the information. I am just displaying detail based on the Job number requested.
>As to your first suggestion I have defined them as separate windows, at least I thought I had. I created them
>independently, using different screen names. When I reviewed the .spr's created, they are defined with their
>own screen ID's, under different reads, also they each have a CLEAR command in the INIT portion of the
>program. Thank You

Well, you shouldn't need a CLEAR since they are separate windows. Ok.....might you have a RETURN somewhere in the setup code? That would set you back into Screen 1 code, but in Screen 2's window.....
"You don't manage people. You manage things - people you lead" Adm. Grace Hopper
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