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RE: window remember values

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Subject: RE: window remember values
From: "POIDINGER, Michael [JJRAU]" <MPOIDING at MEDAU dot JNJ dot com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:38:38 +1000
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> Subject: window remember values
> 
> I have some edit fields with some default text - when the app 
> runs and the user calls up this window, he can type into the 
> edit fields. however when he closes the window and reopens 
> the defaults return. I know I can save to global variables, 
> or write to a file, then when he re-opens possibly in another 
> session, then the new values can be put in. But I was just 
> wondering if there were a 
> simple way to change the user input   as the window closes, 
> so it will recall 
> them when it re-opens?

You mean, simpler than assigning them to a global property?  I mean, its
like 2 lines

sub window.close()
  myproperty= = edifield.text


sub window.open
  edifield.text = myproperty


OK, so you might need a few extra lines to check that the mproperty isnt "",
but it is still pretty simple.

Mike
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