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Ask User to click on a form

ChristianPM

Hi *,

I'm looking for a code part to ask a user to click on an open from. -- Typically we have forms for all physical verification steps. Within my procedure (GUI) I want to ask the user to click on one of these opened Verification Forms, read some informations from there and fill them into my GUI. Essential would be here to get the form handle after clicking on the form.

THANKS in advance!

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  • Andrew Beckett

    I don't really understand what you're asking for. 

    After clicking on a form, hiGetCurrentForm() will return the form object, but it's not clear to me what you're really expecting other than that. Are you asking how to use hiDisplayAppDBox() to ask the user to do something? Maybe it's obvious, but I don't get what you're asking...

    Andrew.

  • ChristianPM
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    yes, hiGetCurrentForm() gives exactly what I need further. The question from my side is the combination of this function call and wait for a users click. A hiPickWindow() for example is waiting for a users input (click). Probably the task is to simple but at the moment i'm mind blocked how to wait for a users click and then call hiGetCurrentForm().

    Thanks Christian

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to ChristianPM

    This sounds a very strange use model you're trying to implement. The hiPickWindow is specifically for picking windows rather than forms (and I don't think I've ever used it). There is no function to prompt you to pick a form and wait until you've done so. 

    Andrew.

  • ChristianPM
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    this is my problem - sure hiPickWindow does not work (it is just an example that after calling hiPickWindow it waits until you pick resp. click a window and gives you the window id). Now I want to do the same for forms. -- I want to ask the user for clicking a form to get some informations out of it. Typically the user have multiple forms of this kind opened and so hiGetCurrentForm (i guess) gives just the handle of the form with the last focus on it.

    Is there any other way to wait for a users click (somewhere on the screen, not bound to windows)? This I can then use to get the last focus on a form and then use hiGetCurrentForm to retrive the informations.

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  • ChristianPM
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    this is my problem - sure hiPickWindow does not work (it is just an example that after calling hiPickWindow it waits until you pick resp. click a window and gives you the window id). Now I want to do the same for forms. -- I want to ask the user for clicking a form to get some informations out of it. Typically the user have multiple forms of this kind opened and so hiGetCurrentForm (i guess) gives just the handle of the form with the last focus on it.

    Is there any other way to wait for a users click (somewhere on the screen, not bound to windows)? This I can then use to get the last focus on a form and then use hiGetCurrentForm to retrive the informations.

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