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FT Menus – Prompts

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 A_CHOICE()       Psuedo function to simplify FT_ACH2TB()
 FT_ACH2TB()      Replace ACHOICE() with a Tbrowse object & multiple features.
 FT_ADDER()       Pop up a simple calculator
 FT_BLINK()       Display a blinking message on the screen
 FT_BRWSWHL()     Browse an indexed database limited to a while condition
 FT_CLRSEL()      User Selectable Colour Routine
 FT_DISPMSG()     Display a message and optionally waits for a keypress
 FT_FILL()        Declare menu options for FT_MENU1()
 FT_MENU1()       Pulldown menu system
 FT_MENU2()       Vertical lightbar menu
 FT_MENUTO()      Execute light bar menu using prompts created with @...PROMPT
 FT_PENDING()     Display same-line pending messages after a wait.
 FT_PICKDAY()     Picklist of days of week
 FT_PROMPT()      Define a menu item for use with FT_MenuTo()
 FT_SLEEP()       Wait for a specified amount of time
 FT_XBOX()        Display a self-sizing message box and message

FT_BRWSWHL

Posted on by vivaclipper 
FT_BRWSWHL()
 Browse an indexed database limited to a while condition

 Syntax

      FT_BRWSWHL( <aFields>, <bWhileCond>, <cKey>,                  ;
                  [ <nFreeze> ], [ <lSaveScrn> ], [ <cColorList> ], ;
                  [ <cColorShadow> ], [ <nTop> ], [ <nLeft> ],      ;
                  [ <nBottom> ], [ <nRight> ] -> nRecno

 Arguments

     <aFields> is array of field blocks of fields you want to display.
        Example to set up last name and first name in array:
        aFields := {}
        AADD(aFields, {"Last Name" , {||Names->Last}  } )
        AADD(aFields, {"First Name", {||Names->First} } )

     <bWhileCond> is the limiting WHILE condition as a block.
        Example 1: { ||Names->Last == "JONES" }
        Example 2: { ||Names->Last == "JONES" .AND. Names->First == "A"  }

     <cKey> is the key to find top condition of WHILE.
        cLast  := "JONES     "
        cFirst := "A"
        Example 1: cKey := cLast
        Example 2: cKey := cLast + cFirst

     <nFreeze> is number of fields to freeze in TBrowse.  Defaults
     to 0 if not passed.

     <lSaveScrn> is a logical indicating whether or not you want to
     save the screen from the calling program.  Defaults to .T. if
     not passed.

     <cColorList> is a list of colors for the TBrowse columns.
     The 1st color is used as SAY/TBrowse Background and the
     3rd and 4th colors are used as part of column:defColor := {3, 4}

     Thus if you pass a cColorList, you MUST pass at least 4 colors.
     Defaults to "N/W, N/BG, B/W, B/BG, B/W, B/BG, R/W, B/R" if not passed.

     <cColorShad> is the color of the TBrowse box shadow.  Defaults
     to "N/N" if not passed.

     <nTop>, <nLeft>, <nBottom>, <nRight> are the coordinates of
     the area to display the TBrowse in.  Defaults to 2, 2,
     MAXROW() - 2, MAXCOL() - 2 with shadowed box, i.e. full screen.

 Returns

     nRecno is the number of the record selected by the <Enter> key.
     0 is returned if there are either no records matching the WHILE
     condition or an <Esc> is pressed instead of an <Enter>

 Description

     This is a demonstration of TBrowse with a WHILE condition for an
     indexed database.

 Examples

     * This example will only show those people with last name of "JONES"
     * in the TBNames.dbf which contains at least the fields:
     * Last, First, City AND is indexed on Last + First.
     LOCAL nRecSel    := 0
     LOCAL aFields    := {}
     LOCAL bWhile     := {||TBNames->Last = "JONES"}
     LOCAL cKey       := "JONES"
     LOCAL nFreeze    := 1
     LOCAL lSaveScrn  := .t.
     LOCAL cColorList := "N/W, N/BG, B/W, B/BG, B/W, B/BG, R/W, B/R"
     LOCAL cColorShad := "N/N"

     USE TBNames INDEX TBNames NEW // indexed on Last + First

     * Pass Heading as character and Field as Block including Alias
     * To eliminate the need to use FIELDWBLOCK() function in FT_BRWSWHL()
     AADD(aFields, {"Last Name" , {||TBNames->Last}  } )
     AADD(aFields, {"First Name", {||TBNames->First} } )
     AADD(aFields, {"City"      , {||TBNames->City}  } )

     IF FT_BRWSWHL( aFields, bWhile, cKey, nFreeze, lSaveScrn, ;
        cColorList, cColorShad, 3, 6, MaxRow() - 2, MaxCol() - 6) == 0
        ? "Sorry, NO Records Were Selected"
     ELSE
        ? "You Selected: " + TBNames->Last +" "+ ;
           TBNames->First +" "+ TBNames->City
     ENDIF

 Source: TBWHILE.PRG

 Author: Jim Orlowski