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[Solved] Highlighting active field
Dec 14th, 2007 at 4:39pm
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Hello!
I want to know if there is a elegante possibility with sesame 2.04 to change  the color of the field background on element entry & exit.

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Re: Highlighting active field
Reply #1 - Dec 14th, 2007 at 4:45pm
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A particular element, or any element you happen to enter/exit?
  
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Reply #2 - Dec 14th, 2007 at 8:25pm
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Amor

Take a look at the commands
@Attribute()
Attribute()
Thiselement()
Clientlocalvalue

Set a clientlocalvalue to the color that the element background  is when you enter the element. Use @attribute command to get the background color of the attribute when you enter the element

Use the attribute command to set the color you want the element background or text to be.
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Then on exit reset the attribute to the original color.

The Thiselement command will allow you to turn your code into a subroutine and use it wherever you like.

I have not done this so I could be off base.. but I hope this will get you closer to your goal, Hopefully the Lanticans will let us know if I am in left field.

Keep us posted on your progress.
  
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Re: Highlighting active field
Reply #3 - Dec 14th, 2007 at 9:16pm
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if your element background colors are always the same this will work


#include "sbasic_include.sbas" // make sure you have this file in your default directory and that this line is in global code

// on entry code


     Attribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR, "0 200 255") //this color is aqua marine
     ForceRedraw()

//on Exit


Attribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR, "255 255 255") //this  should be set to your default background color.
     ForceRedraw()

These should be turned into subroutines and placed in global code

If you have varying background colors  you will need somthing more like this

//on entry
#include "sbasic_include.sbas" // make sure you have this file in your default directory and that this line is in global code

var vMyElementbkcolor as string


vMyElementbkcolor = @Attribute(Thiselement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR)
writeln(vMyElementbkcolor)
clientLocalvalue("origBkcolor", vMyElementbkcolor)


     Attribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR, "0 200 255")
     ForceRedraw()

//on exit


Attribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR, @clientLocalvalue("cusidnum"))
     ForceRedraw()
  
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Re: Highlighting active field
Reply #4 - Dec 14th, 2007 at 9:24pm
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@Robert: Check out PushAttribute and PopAttribute. They are built to do what you are doing with your ClientLocalValue.

@Amor: If you want to do this for all your elements, let me know. I can give you a way using @TriggeringElement to drop your code into Form::On Element Entry and Form::On Element Exit instead of having to put a subroutine call in each element individually.
  
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Reply #5 - Dec 14th, 2007 at 9:33pm
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[quote author=Hammer link=1197650343/0#4 date=1197667468]@Robert: Check out PushAttribute and PopAttribute. They are built to do what you are doing with your ClientLocalValue. [/quote]

Will do! Thanks for the tip  :)
  
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Reply #6 - Dec 17th, 2007 at 9:45am
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Robert: Thanks for all this keen concept!
Erika: Your Inspiration is great, certainly  I would like this fonctionality for all of my elements.
Lanticans: Thank you for all the exiting new futures in sesame 2.0 ...


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Reply #7 - Dec 17th, 2007 at 2:33pm
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Sesame 2.0 includes a new command called @TriggeringElement. This can be used in Form events to return the name of the element that caused the Form event to run. You can use this in combination with ThisElement to create code that runs consistently for each element on your form.

For your case, Amor, you want all your elements to change and restore their background color as you move through the form, highlighting the current element.

GLOBAL CODE
[code]#include "sbasic_include.sbas"[/code]

Form::OnElementEntry
[code]var vElement as String

     vElement = @TriggeringElement()
     SetThisElement(vElement)
     PushAttribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR)
     Attribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR, "255 255 0")
     UnsetThisElement()
     ForceRedraw()
[/code]

Form::OnElementExit
[code]var vElement as String

     vElement = @TriggeringElement()
     SetThisElement(vElement)
     PopAttribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR)
     UnsetThisElement()
     ForceRedraw()
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Re: [Solved] Highlighting active field
Reply #8 - Dec 19th, 2007 at 12:49pm
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Hello Erika,

thanks for the perfect support.  Your  example-code works perfectly.

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Re: [Solved] Highlighting active field
Reply #9 - Mar 3rd, 2008 at 2:42pm
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Hello Erika,

how to use this routine only to affect the editable fileds?

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Re: [Solved] Highlighting active field
Reply #10 - Mar 3rd, 2008 at 3:28pm
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Hello Erika,

how to use this routine only to affect the editable fileds?

Thanks.


What do you mean by "editable"? Do you mean not read-only, or that you only want to affect text boxes?
  
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Reply #11 - Mar 3rd, 2008 at 9:30pm
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Erika-

Yes, i  mean only the not read-only  text boxes?

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Re: [Solved] Highlighting active field
Reply #12 - Mar 3rd, 2008 at 9:51pm
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OK, here's the same code, but I've added a check for element type.

GLOBAL CODE
[code]#include "sbasic_include.sbas"[/code]

Form::OnElementEntry
[code]var vElement as String

     vElement = @TriggeringElement()
     SetThisElement(vElement)
     If (@ElementType(ThisElement) > 999) And (@ElementType(ThisElement) < 1009)
     {
               PushAttribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR)
             Attribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR, "255 255 0")
     }
     UnsetThisElement()
     ForceRedraw()
[/code]

Form::OnElementExit
[code]var vElement as String

     vElement = @TriggeringElement()
     SetThisElement(vElement)
     If (@ElementType(ThisElement) > 999) And (@ElementType(ThisElement) < 1009)
     {
             PopAttribute(ThisElement, ATTR_ID_BACK_RGB_COLOR)
     }
     UnsetThisElement()
     ForceRedraw()
[/code]
  
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Re: [Solved] Highlighting active field
Reply #13 - Mar 3rd, 2008 at 11:53pm
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Erika, 

thanks again! 

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