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[pgaec]

Is there a way to determine the name of the window that called a response type window?

ie., windows A , B and C call window R [Type = response]. Is there any way by which I can determine which window called R [in the open event /pfc_postopen event of window R]

 

[mbalent]

You could send the name of the calling window as a parameter to the response via an 'OpenwithParm' call.

 

[pgaec]

hmmm, any other ideas? i already pass in another string using openwithparm()

 

[xsyguy]

Try the following:

ls_name = ClassName(ParentWindow())

 

[mbalent]

In a MDI app, the above code returns the name of the frame (not the window which you used to open the response from).

 

[xsyguy]

If you know that windows A, B, and C in the example will be sheets in an MDI frame you can modify the statement as follows:

ls_name = ClassName(ParentWindow().GetActiveSheet())

If windows A, B, and C could be any type of window, then you would need to test the type of the parent first. For example:

Window  w_parent

w_parent = ParentWindow()
IF w_parent.WindowType = MDI! OR w_parent.WindowType = MDIHelp! THEN
     ls_name = ClassName(w_parent.GetActiveSheet())
ELSE
     ls_name = ClassName(w_parent)
END IF

 

[pgaec]

thanks xsygy that was helpful!!

 

[PowerObject]

The fool-proof and sure-fire way to get the classname of the parentwindow is to pass the name/classname of the window that opened the response window - using OpenWithParm(). If you are already passing a string argument to the response for another purpose, you could use a structure to pass multiple arguments to the response window and access it from the PowerObjectParm in the Open! event of the response window.

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