in a dialog, make <enter> the same as <tab>?

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

How do you do it?
-J-

cwanless · ‎10-24-2001

Hi I understand you can't do that in DCL, but you can in ObjectDCL (www.objectdcl.com). The edit box has a property called ReturnAsTab, that will force the [Return] key to act as a [Tab] key. I hope this helps, Chad

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

I'm sure this has probably already been asked, but are you in this forum to provide help or plugging a product?

Don't get me wrong, I don't care one way or the other, just curious.

John Wagner

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

So what are we supposed to do when a product *is* a solution?

Like as not, VisualLISP, AutoLISP and VBA have several limitations. You can
hardly expect every solution to be free of charge as some solutions take
more work to achieve than others.

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"johnw4usa" wrote in message
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I'm sure this has probably already been asked, but are you in this forum to
provide help or plugging a product?
Don't get me wrong, I don't care one way or the other, just curious.
John Wagner

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

"johnw4usa" wrote in message
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> I'm sure this has probably already been asked, but are you in this forum
to provide help or plugging a product?
> Don't get me wrong, I don't care one way or the other, just curious.

He's just here to plug his product. He does not and has not offered any help
otherwise. I do care. We are here to learn, not receive ads for products
that most of us don't want.

--
Kevin Nehls

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

"Frank Oquendo" wrote in message
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> So what are we supposed to do when a product *is* a solution?
>
> Like as not, VisualLISP, AutoLISP and VBA have several limitations. You
can
> hardly expect every solution to be free of charge as some solutions take
> more work to achieve than others.

I agree with you Frank. But this person just posts an ad for their product
in almost every thread about DCL. See the thread titled "Hiding Dialog Box
Problem", posted on 10-23-01. There is a solution via LISP and DCL for this
question, but "cwanless" just posts and ad to their product instead of
helping the person.

Kevin

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

>I do care. We are here to learn, not receive ads for products
> that most of us don't want.

So you would have been more satisfied with just No. Rather than No with a
third party solution. I did learn, you can't do it with dcl but you can
with objectdcl. What more do you want?

-Jason

"Kevin Nehls" wrote in message
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> "johnw4usa" wrote in message
> news:f08eb62.1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > I'm sure this has probably already been asked, but are you in this forum
> to provide help or plugging a product?
> > Don't get me wrong, I don't care one way or the other, just curious.
>
> He's just here to plug his product. He does not and has not offered any
help
> otherwise. I do care. We are here to learn, not receive ads for products
> that most of us don't want.
>
> --
> Kevin Nehls
>
>
>

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

Give tile definitions a user-defined attribute (for example, next)
containing the key name of the tile you want to jump to. For example:

:edit_box {key="key1"; next="key2";}

In the call-back function for "key1", check the value of the next attribute
and $reason. A value of 1 means the user pressed enter. Thusly...

(setq next-tile (get_attr $key "next"))
(if (and (= 1 $reason) (/= "" next-tile))
(mode_tile next-tile 2)
)

--
Cliff

"Jtrostad" wrote in message
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| How do you do it?
| -J-
|

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

"Jason Piercey" wrote in message
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> >I do care. We are here to learn, not receive ads for products
> > that most of us don't want.
>
> So you would have been more satisfied with just No. Rather than No with a
> third party solution. I did learn, you can't do it with dcl but you can
> with objectdcl. What more do you want?

Something more like Cliff's response .

Kevin

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

Yeah, I saw that. 🙂 I do agree with you, about people just plugging a
product, rather than trying to help. It just seemed that in this instance
that was not the case. Obviously it is possible without objectdcl. Maybe
Chad knew that, then again maybe not.

-Jason

"Kevin Nehls" wrote in message
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> "Jason Piercey" wrote in message
> news:9FD8ACD19D57D6AE27A089064D7A9084@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > >I do care. We are here to learn, not receive ads for products
> > > that most of us don't want.
> >
> > So you would have been more satisfied with just No. Rather than No with
a
> > third party solution. I did learn, you can't do it with dcl but you can
> > with objectdcl. What more do you want?
>
> Something more like Cliff's response .
>
> Kevin
>
>

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

Well done. ;^)

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"Cliff Middleton" wrote in message
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> Give tile definitions a user-defined attribute (for example, next)
> containing the key name of the tile you want to jump to. For example:
>
> :edit_box {key="key1"; next="key2";}
>
> In the call-back function for "key1", check the value of the next
attribute
> and $reason. A value of 1 means the user pressed enter. Thusly...
>
> (setq next-tile (get_attr $key "next"))
> (if (and (= 1 $reason) (/= "" next-tile))
> (mode_tile next-tile 2)
> )
>
> --
> Cliff

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

"Jason Piercey" wrote in message
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> Yeah, I saw that. 🙂 I do agree with you, about people just plugging a
> product, rather than trying to help. It just seemed that in this instance
> that was not the case. Obviously it is possible without objectdcl. Maybe
> Chad knew that, then again maybe not.

Only he knows if he knew or not. I just know that in all 7 posts by him
since 10-3-2001 he has not offered any help, just a plug telling people that
they can buy his product to do what they want. True, in some of those maybe
it can only be done with their product, but in several of those cases there
has been a solution using only LISP and DCL.

Kevin

cwanless · ‎10-24-2001

Hi I did NOT know that it was possible. Before when I used DCL I tried to do this exact thing (4 years ago) and failed to do it. Cliff obviously was one of the few who knew this little trick. But to answer your question about plugging ObjectDCL, I don't always plug it. Always if a DCL question can be answered using DCL, I will respond period. But if a question can only be answered with ObjectDCL I do mention that they can do what they need to do using the solution that is a product. I haven't answered much recently in this group but if you go back into the group listing you will see answers to questions I posted like ObjectARX related, importing excel files, AutoLisp crashing errors (because I understand how the internals of AutoLisp are handled), a couple of AutoCAD LT questions etc. The most recent non DCL responce was for reading and writing binary files using lisp. I even sat down and tried to figure out how to create autolisp based code that could read and write to a binary file for 2 poeple that were looking for it. But I found a start on how to do it and emailed the code to one of them and instructed him on how to finish off the code. I don't have a lot of AutoLisp code on hand so I can't always respond to every question. But I do post responces to the ones I know about. And I am sorry if anyone felt that I was plugging ObjectDCL but not everyone that uses it has to purchase it. There is a free version floating around on the web that anyone may download free of charge.

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

I don't have a problem with Chad plugging his product. AutoDESK shouldn't
mind either. After all, it doesn't compete with anything in their stable.

--
Cliff

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

Chad was shamelessly and blatantly 'recommending' his software for a specific
application. Some call that 'plugging'.
Some respondents here put a 'banner' beside their name, which I find to be a
more devious approach to self-promotion.
-doug

"Cliff Middleton" wrote in message
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> I don't have a problem with Chad plugging his product. AutoDESK shouldn't
> mind either. After all, it doesn't compete with anything in their stable.
>
> --
> Cliff
>
>

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

As opposed to 'other-promotion'? I find this to be a perplexing issue. Do
people really believe that paying Autodesk for a copy of AutoCAD entitles
them every add-on known to man for free?

Chad doesn't work for Autodesk and he has a product that complements an
existing (and rather aged) feature. What's the problem? If you don't want
it, don't buy it. ObjectDCL does several things DCL not only can't do, but
will *never* do.

Programmers are better served by knowing they have choices (free and
otherwise) than not. If the only problem with a solution is that it isn't
free, we need to reevaluate our motives before slamming others for making
them known.

After all, I doubt there's a whole bunch of us providing our programming
skills to our employers for free, so we're *all* in this to make money.

And yes; my banner is attached to this message.

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"Doug Barr" wrote in message
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> Chad was shamelessly and blatantly 'recommending' his software for a
specific
> application. Some call that 'plugging'.
> Some respondents here put a 'banner' beside their name, which I find to be
a
> more devious approach to self-promotion.
> -doug

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

> you will see answers to questions I posted
>

Way to go, Chad.
Don't let a sorehead or two deter you.:0

Other folks who post here have their own software for $ale, & are not bashful
about presenting their products as a 3rd party alternative.

As I licensed user of odcl, (along with several others who post here from time
to time), I am happy to see you post tips & tricks related to your (IMO)
excellent product.

But, even if I did not license the product, I would be interested to know all
that it can do. To my knowledge, you have not made any false claims for your
product.

Regards,

hm

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

| Chad was shamelessly and blatantly 'recommending' his software for a
specific
| application. Some call that 'plugging'.

Commerce is not shameful. The political viewpoint that thinks it is, is.

| Some respondents here put a 'banner' beside their name, which I find to be
a
| more devious approach to self-promotion.

Devious people don't use banners. Or do I have a politically incorrect
dictionary?

--
Cliff Middleton

PS: Wait, Anne! Just a little taste of bygone days.

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

ditto

Anonymous · ‎10-24-2001

I also do not mind to see "self-promotion, personal-banners, or
recomendation to buy such product", and to me is the least important part,
if I as a non-autodesk worker or programmer help with my own open code
others here, the least that I can do is to promote my self and to show what
I can offer to any potential users, since most of the responses comes from
non-autodesk programmers (and I can write the list of those persons that
always help here) is simple a answer, why not promote our selves.

Luis Esquivel
ArqCOM Software
www.arqcom.com.mx
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