Popup button and DataGrid

[Paul Looney]

Peter,
Thanks for the quick response; I'm checking it out right now.
PL

On Jan 21, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:

> dgMouseDown is a handler provided with the datagrid library, not  
> one you write.  Take a look at the following lesson - it explains  
> it much better than I can!
>
> http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/manuals/datagrid/lessons/ 
> 7316-How-Do-I-Add-a-mouseDown-Event-To-The-Data-Grid-Without- 
> Breaking-It-
>
> Pete Haworth
>
> On Jan 21, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Paul Looney wrote:
>
>> Peter,
>> That makes sense but what is the syntax?
>> I tried putting:
>>
>> on dgMouseDown
>>     -- various things
>> end dgMouseDown
>>
>> but that handler never got called.
>> I tried:
>>
>> on mouseDown
>>     send "dgMouseDown" to grp "Pending Orders Data Grid"
>>     popup btn "Selected Orders Popup"
>> end mouseDown
>>
>> which seemed to have no effect.
>> Seem to be really close now.
>> Paul Looney
>>
>>
>> On Jan 21, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>>
>>> You have to call the datagrid dgMouseDown handler in your  
>>> mousedown handler.  Assuming your mouseDown handler is in the  
>>> datagrid script, just call dgMousedown with the button number  
>>> before you display your popup.  Otherwise, the datagrid doesn;t  
>>> see the mousedown event until after your mousedown handler sees  
>>> it.  No need to pass mouseDown either.
>>>
>>> Pete Haworth
>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Paul Looney  
>>>>>> <support at ahsomme.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Help please.
>>>>>>> I am trying to use a popup button with a datagrid.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have code, in the dg, that looks like this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> on mouseDown
>>>>>>>   popup btn "Selected Orders Popup"
>>>>>>> end mouseDown
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The popup works fine but the selected line in the dg is not  
>>>>>>> hilited until
>>>>>>> after something is selected in the popup. So, to the user, it  
>>>>>>> looks like the
>>>>>>> popup refers to the previously selected line.
>>>>>>> I will probably solve it but figured someone on the list  
>>>>>>> already has the
>>>>>>> solution.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul,
>>
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