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I have already done this on several programs and it
does look nice. You can take this one more step and add mouse control. There are
keywords that will let you program functions on each key for the mouse.
You can do some neat things with the subfile and the mouse using this and
knowing where the mouse pointer is.
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Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 6:47
PM
Subject: ok, I made a green screen with
radio buttons
I just made a simple little
application. Here's the salient features:
- all functions in the application work normally, and
also with the mouse or the arrow keys and cursor.
- the subfile has a fully functional scroll bar.
- if checkbox 1 is checked then the first
field of the subfile record will be pink if field5:1 ="!".
- if checkbox 2 is checked then the subfile's fifth
field will be displayed.
- there
are 4 logical files built over the physical file, one each for column 1
through 4. The user determines which logical to use, thereby
determining which of the first 4 columns is in ascending order, by clicking on
the column heading of choice.
- there's a pair of radio buttons in the heading. The act of
selecting an item in the subfile does one or the other of two functions
depending upon which of the two radio buttons on the heading is
selected.
- the footer record uses
push buttons instead of command keys, although the command keys function,
too.
My conclusion is that it
makes sense to add these devices to our toolbox. I can see where the
radio buttons and check boxes are attactive, add to the clarity and simplicity
of a screen, and remove the user's ability to answer "T" to a yes/no question.
Now that I've messed around
with this, Ron's comments about the menu bar has me intrigued.
The JPG is 135k. Anyone that'd like
to take a look, let me know. Its too big to just attach
here.
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