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An interim report here: I have found that using the trace window is fundamentally
inconsistent with the message_box function. It, in itself, creates an infinite
loop. I need to eliminate that loop before I can get back to the main issue
at hand.
Mike
Mike777 wrote:
>
> CChris wrote:
> >
> > getNameId() was changed in 70.4a. Please paste this to replace the current body
> > of getNameId(), and tell me if it gets you going:
> >
> > global function getNameId(sequence pName)
> > integer p
> >
> > pName=makeStandardName(pName)
> > p=find(pName, ctrl_Name)
> > if p=0 then
> > return 0
> > end if
> > while not validId(p) do
> > p=find_from(pName, ctrl_Name,p+1)
> > if p=0 then
> > return 0
> > end if
> > end while
> > return p
> > end function
> >
>
> I wanted to take the time to do this, although I sort of knew it wouldn't help.
> At the point in CreateEx that the program attempts to assign the parent, it
> has the value for the parent per the token (MySpecialWindow) but when I interrogate
> the trace window for the values of all of my windows, they are not there. Hence,
> getNameId("avariablethatdoesnotexist") will always return a zero.
>
> Something appears to be wrong with my scoping (which is truly bizarre), because
> at this point, no matter how explicitly I set the Owner in the newUIObj instruction,
> the createEx routine won't be able to assign the parent if the ids are just
> not there.
>
> I'm going to run this again and go through the procedure in detail for a control
> where the parent IS set properly.
>
> I'll post after that.
>
> Thanks for trying.
>
> Mike