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Thread: Update field in tab from another form

John Bennett
Posts: 34

Update field in tab from another form Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 28 Aug 07 11:20 AM

SLX v6.2.4

I have a custom Main View, lets call A, that has some custom Tabs, lets call B, C, D. A user goes to Tab B and on that Tab B there is a button that when they click on opens up a form. On that form there is a grid which they choose a record and click on a button on that form. This button adds some info to a table. After adding data to a table and before the form closes and returns the user back to tab B, I want to grab a field from the record in that grid and populate a field on the Tab B. I can't for the life of me figure how to do this???

I know how to do everything up until writing the value that I have grabbed from the grid back to the field on the Tab...i tried declaring an object called form and using Application.MainView.CurrentView.tabsViews and referencing the name of the Tab and then since I have that tab object now setting the field on that tab to the data but either i am doing something wrong because I keep getting an error. Can someone show me the syntax/example of how to do this? I hope this is clear...Again I am using v6.2.

Thanks!

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Raul A. Chavez
Posts: 1300

Re: Update field in tab from another form Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 28 Aug 07 11:27 AM

If all you need to send back is a field, then probably using a Global variable would be a good option.

On the popup form, choose your field and set it on a global variable.

On the script that invoked that global form, after the call that opens the form (assuming it is being open as a Modal Dialog) read the value from the Global Variable and modify whichever control needs to be modified.

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John Bennett
Posts: 34

Re: Update field in tab from another form Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 28 Aug 07 2:56 PM

Raul

Thanks that method did work.....but i know that there is a method whereby you can update fields in a tab from another form....

JB

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Raul A. Chavez
Posts: 1300

Re: Update field in tab from another form Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 28 Aug 07 3:17 PM

Yes, the trick relies on getting a proper reference to the form.

Not sure if you can address them by name, but you can do something like this:

Application.MainViews.ActiveView.Tabs.ActiveTab.Form.xxx where would be your control

Or you could loop thru the Tabs Items:

i = 0
Do While i < Application.MainViews.ActiveView.Tabs.Count

Application.MainViews.ActiveView.Item(i).Caption

i = i + 1
Loop

OR,

Application.BasicFunctions.SetTabVisible "Caption goes here" 'This also makes it the Active Tab
Application.MainViews.ActiveView.Tabs.ActiveTab.Form.xxx

You probably should try this with a debugger on hand and step by the code so that you could see if there are other ways to do this easier. I don' have a lot of sample code from 6.2.x handy

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Ryan Farley
Posts: 2265

Re: Update field in tab from another form Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 28 Aug 07 5:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by John Bennett

Raul

Thanks that method did work.....but i know that there is a method whereby you can update fields in a tab from another form....

JB

Here:

Dim frm
 
    Set frm = Application.Forms("System:MyForm")
    frm.TextBox1.Text = "Hello"
    frm.DataGrid1.Refresh
    frm.Script.SomeSub
    'etc...

That what you looking for?

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Lawrence Reid
Posts: 63

Re: Update field in tab from another form Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 24 Aug 11 1:30 PM

I have used these combinations from a nav bar button to open to a specific sub tab. Although it opens to the tab, it displays the data from the last contact it was on vs. the current contact. I have tried every example I have found to open and refresh the form. Even F5 does not refresh the data. I have to switch to a differnt tab and back or Ctrl+F5 to display the data. How can I get it to refresh with the current data or close the tab before opening it again with the current contacts records?

Application.MainViews.AddEx "System:Contact Details", 1, True, 1, Application.BasicFunctions.CurrentContactID, Application.BasicFunctions.CurrentGroupID 'DNL

Application.MainViews.ActiveView.Tabs.Add("Contact:HT Entry")

Application.MainViews.ActiveView.Tabs.ActiveTab = Application.MainViews.ActiveView.Tabs.Add("Contact:HT Entry") 'DNL

Application.DoEvents

Dim objForm

objForm = Application.Forms.Item ("Contact:HT Entry")

objForm.Refresh

Application.BasicFunctions.RefreshMainView

Set objForm = Nothing

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