Infamous Blinking Field

Savatage

Blink type Boolean

OnTimer()
Blink := NOT Blink;
CurrForm."NavField".VISIBLE(Blink OR ("NavField"=''));

Now set the TimerInterval of the form (250 or lower is fun)
:whistle:

ssingla

That is cool.... :whistle: :whistle:

David_Singleton

Savatage wrote:

Blink type Boolean

OnTimer()
Blink := NOT Blink;
CurrForm."NavField".VISIBLE(Blink OR ("NavField"=''));

Now set the TimerInterval of the form (250 or lower is fun)
:whistle:

PPPlllllleeeeaaaasssseee NNnnnnnnnnoooooooooo!

DenSter

Have fun debugging that form

ara3n

LS-Retail POS form has timer and it's not fun debugging that form.

It was even worse when we didn't have breakpoints.

Savatage

blinking fields are possible but totally - not recommended.
It came to mind after that post about setting the timerinterval with code.

:evil:

never use it on an editable field.

I think I got this from Nelson Alberto from msbonline back in 2003 or so. :-k

David_Singleton

Savatage wrote:

blinking fields are possible but totally - not recommended.
It came to mind after that post about setting the timerinterval with code.

:evil:

never use it on an editable field.

I think I got this from Nelson Alberto from msbonline back in 2003 or so. :-k

Yes I remember it back then, and it got the same reactions. If you like I can dig it up, and I am sure Erik will gladly donate that post to Luc.

ssingla

Never Mind...... It is still something to generate interest in the features of Navision which makes it stand so special in the crowd of other ERP's.

DenSter

Generally, companies that are interested in purchasing an ERP system are not looking for blinking field functionality. I really don't think that the capability to have a blinking field will make NAV stand out in comparison to other ERP systems.... :-k

Savatage

The only place I thought It might be useful was on the old Pre 4.0 versions.

There were many posts about telling the difference between real & test companies. I thought A blinking field on the main menu saying "TEST" would be useful.

But that's about it.

DenSter

Right or if you want snowflakes to fall down on a christmas themed main menu for instance

Miklos_Hollender

Way cool! Retro website compo

What about a marquee?

(TimerInterval: 50)

IF CurrForm.TxtField.XPOS+CurrForm.TxtField.WIDTH<0 THEN BEGIN
CurrForm.TxtField.XPOS:=CurrForm.WIDTH;
END;
CurrForm.TxtField.XPOS:=CurrForm.TxtField.XPOS-100;