| Playing with Scan Codes |
| QTIPS - Compiling Protection Code |
| QTIPS - Invalid Code and Command |
| QTIPS - Code/Command Help |
| Compiling 64K on a Shoestring by Blaise Wrenn (LexStat Systems Ltd) |
| Reader's Clinic - Scribe Replace Processes in Window |
| Deep Zoom Revisited |
| Deep Zoom by Les Palenik - Cosmotron Systems Ltd |
| QTIPS - Command Line Options |
| QTIPS - Invalid Code and Command |
| QTIPS - Code/Command Help |
| Utility Diskette # 4 |
| Reader's Clinic - Scribe Replace Processes in Window |
| Deep Zoom Revisited |
| Deep Zoom by Les Palenik - Cosmotron Systems Ltd |
| Reader's Clinic - Functions and Subroutines |
| Argument passing - Subroutines and Functions - Mike Pope |
| @ATTACK - @Record |
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| Collector Windows |
| Soft Windows |
| Reader's Clinic - Template Name at Pre-Init |
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| Document | V4I9A3 |
| Title | Deep Zoom by Les Palenik - Cosmotron Systems Ltd |
| Keywords | DEEP ZOOM |
| Text | Usually if you want to display a secondary window FROM a CURRENT window you would add a softkey option to that window e g Shift F1 WITH a code of "W" and name of the secondary window If you need to "jump" into several windows e g product customer vendor FROM an invoice window you'll have to use multiple soft keys e g Shift F1 for products Shift F2 for customers and Shift F3 for vendors This method is usually too difficult to remember for the users and in complex SCREENS it uses up too many keys We adopted in all our applications a consistent single "Deep Zoom" key that allows the user to invoke the desired secondary window You can use any soft key but to make it easier for the user use Shift F3 which is similar to F3 (zoom) This is what it takes : In each window define the Shift F3 key as the "Deep Zoom" soft key key ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍSoftkeysÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º Key User Description Code Command º º SF1 Invoice Report S INVOICE_REPORT º º SF3 Deep Zoom S DEEPZOOM º º º In the prompt table (Shift F6 in the Paint) insert the name of the corresponding windows into the Register 1 for all applicable prompts Now when you press Shift F3 the DEEPZOOM subroutine retrieves the name of the specified window and invokes that window (if prompt contains any data the @Id is loaded WITH that value) Subroutine DeepZoom ******************* * Author:Les Palenik Cosmotron SYSTEMS Ltd $Insert Include Window_Common% * Load the window name FROM Register 1 WindowName = WC_Prompts% * Load the CURRENT prompt data RecId = WC_Is% If WindowName Then SaveId = @Id ; SaveRec = @Record Call Catalyst("W" WindowName : " " : RecId) @Id = SaveId ; @Record = SaveRec End Return The only limitation of the above method is that you must position the cursor on the right prompt before you can "zoom" into the desired secondary window The advantages of the intuitive "Deep Zoom" operation however outweigh by far that restriction In fact many of our users consider now the Deep Zoom key an integral part of Advanced Revelation and are surprised when this keystroke won't work in other Revelation applications (Volume 4 Issue 9 Page 11) |
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