VFP 7.0: Grid's current record's marker in an inactive form

[Kimed]

Hi,

I have two separate forms, each one with a grid. One of them in its AfterRowColChange does issue a Seek() on other's grid's table and makes that one refresh. So that while you choose between records in the active form, another is supposed to auto-update. It actually happens, and I can see the second grid scrolling into where according records should reside... except that the current record's marker does not auto-update unless I activate that form. So when a different page appears in the second grid, the marker is not there, or, if I want to switch between two records that are both visible at the same time, the marker stays on the one it was last time the form was active. Is there a way to make the transition between records in an inactive window fully visible?

Thanks.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Try calling the second grid's SetFocus method.

Mike

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[Olaf Doschke]

There is a seeting in the grid making a row highlight with visual persistence independant of the focus, you should use that instead or additional: grid.HighlightStyle=2

Bye, Olaf.

 

[Kimed]

Try calling the second grid's SetFocus method.

It does activate the form itself, which is not what I want. The inactive form should update but stay inactive unless I choose it manually (oh, and I won't issue a pair of SetFocus's for both grids as it'll call AfterRowColChange for another round and into an endless cycle).

There is a seeting in the grid making a row highlight with visual persistence independant of the focus, you should use that instead or additional: grid.HighlightStyle=2

You probably mean grid.HighlightRowLineWidth=2, at least in VFP 7.0 I haven't found a grid property with the name you provided. That one, though, does not have independent visual persistence.

 

[Mike Lewis]

It does activate the form itself, which is not what I want.

I didn't realise that. In that case, I'm not sure what the answer is.

You probably mean grid.HighlightRowLineWidth=2, at least in VFP 7.0 I haven't found a grid property with the name you provided.

HighlightStyle came in with VFP 8.0.

Mike






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