HOWTO: Make a PageFrame Work with the Wizard Txtbtns Class

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 6.0

SUMMARY

This article shows by example how to make the Wizard TxtBtns class from the WizStyle.vcx library work on a form that also holds a PageFrame. By default, TxtBtn and PageFrame classes do not function properly together. This article shows you how to overcome this limitation.

MORE INFORMATION

Step-by-Step Example

1. Create a new form by using the Form Wizard or by creating a form of your own. Add the TxtBtns. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q139597 HOWTO: Use the Wizard txtbtns Class in a Non-Wizard Form

   Be sure to set the form's Buffermode property to 1 or 2 and set the Enabled property of each control on the form to False (.F.).



2. Add a PageFrame to the form, and add some text boxes to the pages.



3. Set the Enabled property for each text box in the PageFrame to False (.F.).



4. In the Click event of the cmdAdd button, add this code:

   
         * Note: Repeat the second line for each page in the PageFrame
         * substituting the appropriate name for each page
         txtbtns.cmdAdd::click()
         thisform.pageframe1.page1.setall("enabled",this.parent.editmode)
         thisform.pageframe1.setall("enabled",.t.,"label") 




5. In the Click event of the cmdEdit button, add this code:

   
         * Note: Repeat the second line for each page in the PageFrame
         * substituting the appropriate name for each page
         txtbtns.cmdEdit::click()
         thisform.pageframe1.page1.setall("enabled",this.parent.editmode)
         thisform.pageframe1.setall("enabled",.t.,"label") 




6. Save and run the form.

REFERENCES

For more information about using Wizard TxtBtns in forms in Visual FoxPro for Windows, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge base:

Q134704 HOWTO: Add Controls to a Screen Generated by the Screen Wizard

Q134790 HOWTO: Add Code to Wizard-Generated Command Buttons

Q139597 HOWTO: Use the Wizard TxtBtns Class in a Non-Wizard Form

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