CurrPage.CLOSE

rocatis

I know there are some other discussions about CurrPage.CLOSE not working in the OnOpenPage trigger but as far as I can figure out it doesn't work anywhere, except on actions. It seems that CurrPage.UPDATE has the same problem which raises the question if any of the CurrPage commands actually work.

My problem stems from the fact that I need to close a page from code without user intervention. In this example the page should close 2 seconds after being opened. If you remove the CurrPage.CLOSE the page should continually show the current time on the page - it doesn't.

The f.CREATEs are a debug tool to convince me that the code is actually running - which it is.

OBJECT Page 99999 CurrPage.CLOSE
{
  OBJECT-PROPERTIES
  {
  }
  PROPERTIES
  {
    Editable=No;
    PageType=Card;
    OnOpenPage=BEGIN
                 f.CREATE('c:\started.txt');
                 f.CLOSE;

                 CREATE(timer);
                 timer.Interval(2000);
                 timer.Enabled(TRUE);
               END;

  }
  CONTROLS
  {
    { 1000000002;0;Container;
                ContainerType=ContentArea }

    { 1000000001;1;Group  ;
                GroupType=Group }

    { 1000000003;2;Field  ;
                SourceExpr=TIME }

  }
  CODE
  {
    VAR
      timer@1000000004 : Automation "{3B311C81-140E-11D5-8B18-00D0590B4EC5} 1.0:{3B311C92-140E-11D5-8B18-00D0590B4EC5}:'Navision Timer 1.0'.Timer" WITHEVENTS;
      f@1000000005 : File;

    PROCEDURE dostuff@1000000000();
    BEGIN
      f.CREATE('c:\ended.txt');
      f.CLOSE;

      CurrPage.UPDATE(FALSE);

      CurrPage.CLOSE;
    END;

    EVENT timer@1000000004::Timer@1(Milliseconds@1000000000 : Integer);
    BEGIN
      timer.Enabled(FALSE);
      dostuff;
      timer.Enabled(TRUE);
    END;

    EVENT timer@1000000004::TimerError@2(ErrorString@1000000000 : Text[1024]);
    BEGIN
    END;

    BEGIN
    END.
  }
}

Any ideas for workarounds??

rocatis

Kinda limited response to that one...

Anyways, I've done some further investigation which has led me to two conclusions:

1) The NavTimer automation does not work on the RTC so don't attempt to use it.
2) A page will not run code unless it has focus.

Seeing as my original problem was to launch a sub process (a page) and have it running independently of the main process (the RTC), the conclusion is that it cannot be done ](*,)

Ideas for workarounds are still welcome - I'm out of ideas.

wakestar

You'll have to write an AddIn and close the Page through .NET - Code.
The AddIn could sit on the Page which you want to close automatically.
In .NET you can access your Page through the Application.OpenForms collection.

rocatis

wakestar wrote:

You'll have to write an AddIn and close the Page through .NET - Code.

You'd still have the problem with code on the page not executing unless it has focus.

wakestar

rocatis wrote:

wakestar wrote:

You'll have to write an AddIn and close the Page through .NET - Code.

You'd still have the problem with code on the page not executing unless it has focus.

I don't experience any "non executing code"... no matter wheter the page has focus or not.
The page I created uses a .NET - Timer (based on Freddy's AddIn-Example) and is in the background most of the time.
The timer looks for a specific txt-File every second and is processed in Navision. The page gets activated and is in the foreground whenever the specific file is created.

rocatis

wakestar wrote:

I don't experience any "non executing code"... no matter wheter the page has focus or not.
The page I created uses a .NET - Timer (based on Freddy's AddIn-Example) and is in the background most of the time.
The timer looks for a specific txt-File every second and is processed in Navision. The page gets activated and is in the foreground whenever the specific file is created.

This sounds exactly like what I'm trying to obtain. Is it something you want to share with me? [-o<

wakestar

I'm not supposed to send you the objects from the solution.
I would suggest to start with Freddy's Timer-AddIn-Example and then ask questions here.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/freddyk/archive ... -page.aspx