Re: NEWERA -- getWindow() in functions
Posted in 1997
Michael Andreasen — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
In article <mNEmUGAiPIzzMAo6@excelsis.co.uk>, Mike Ripley <mike.ripley@excelsis.co.uk> wrote: >We use a function to perform table lookups. This function is stand alone >and not part of any class. (This is probably where our problem lies!). >The function creates a list box in a modal window and we want this >window to be contained by the current window. We do this by changing the >containingWindow property. >Our problem is that we cannot get the containing Window from within the >function and we have to resort to passing the window on the calling line >of the look up function. >Is there a better way? How does the lookup window pass the selection back to the containing window?