Re: MessageView

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dang sorry fella I've just woken up and am pre-coffee :-\ i think maybe i
misread this and am way off base.


On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 at 10:35, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've been finding that Form_Open just does not always run when a form
> opens (or rather, embeds) !
>
> eg...
> hMyInerForm.Load(hParentForm)
>
> The parent form opens and embeds the inner form okay but the inner forms
> Form_Open event only fires if i do this..
> hMyInerForm.Load(hParentForm)
> hMyInerForm.Show
>
>
> Respects
> BruceS
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 at 06:16, BB <adamnt42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I wasn't real good at explaining this.
>>
>> With a standalone form, whether it is the top level form or a popup, the
>> message view doesn't try to show itself until MessageView1.Open is called.
>> But when the form is opened as an embedded form in a tabpanel it appears to
>> try and show the MessageView control. In the code for MessageView there is
>> the GetTextWidth() method below. It fails and the execution aborts because
>> $hIcon has not been set.
>>
>> I have no idea why it's trying to show the message panel just because the
>> form is inside a tabpanel.
>>
>> b
>> On 3/10/24 5:57 pm, BB wrote:
>>
>> This code doesn't cope when $hIcon has not been set.
>>
>> Private Sub GetTextWidth() As Integer
>>
>>   Return Max(16, Me.Parent.ClientW - $hIcon.W - $hClose.W - Desktop.Scale * 6)
>>
>> End
>>
>> which happens when the MessageView has not been called yet, but it does run when the form is opened in a TabPanel.
>>
>>
>> b
>>
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