Programming with DIALOG

This section covers DIALOG block programming concepts.

• DIALOG block structure
• Global settings in FGLPROFILE
• Identifying sub-dialogs by a name
• Binding variables to form fields
• Binding action views to action handlers
• The buffered and unbuffered modes
• Controlling field initialization
• Disabling fields used by a dialog
• Disabling actions in a dialog
• Which form item has the focus?
• Giving the focus to a form element
• Input field modification flag
• Executing form-level validation rules
• Handling the tabbing order
• Detecting focus changes
• Detecting data modification immediately
• Defining the total number of rows in a list
• Handling the current row in a list
• Feeding DISPLAY ARRAY with rows
• Controlling the built-in sort in lists
• Using the built-in find
• Understanding the built-in seek
• Implementing tree-view lists
• Inserting and deleting rows in INPUT ARRAY
• Handling INPUT ARRAY temporary row creation
• Implementing the close action
• Setting cell color attributes
• Using multi-row selection
• Implementing drag & drop
• Using DISPLAY ARRAY modification triggers