Re: NEWERA -- getWindow() in functions

In article <869067640.18903.0.nnrp-2.c2de7bed@news.demon.co.uk>, Michael Andreasen <michael-news@newsoft.demon.co.uk> writes >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? Via a global char(*) -- Mike Ripley