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Andrew Harper	Andrew Harper posted 10 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: StrataFrame Users Posts: 87, Visits: 3.3K	Hi, Our users are reporting an intermittent anomaly in our application that I have seen but am unable to reproduce consistently. We have a number of enquiry forms that present the contents of a BO in a DevExpress grid. The BO is populated via a browse dialogue on the enquiry form. Occasionally when the user clicks search in the browse dialogue the browse dialogue form disappears when the search completes and the "Searching..." wait window is removed. When the user then clicks on the form with the grid and the browse dialogue button, the browse dialogue window reappears populated with the results of the search. Just wondering if anyone else had come across this behaviour and if so how to prevent it? Our application uses a data driven menu system that uses a tree control to display only the menu options applicable to the current user. The strataframe forms are then run as child mdi forms via reflection when the menu option is clicked. TIA, Andy
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Edhy Rijo	E Edhy Rijo posted 10 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
E Group: StrataFrame Users Posts: 2.4K, Visits: 23K	Hi Andrew, I have not used the Browse Dialog (BD) in a long time, but my guess is that the BD is going behind your form during the search instead of staying as the TOP window. I have one form with a DevExpress grid in which I use the BD and have not seen the behavior you are experiencing. Make sure you have the most recent version of SF 1.7.7.1. Can you post the code you are using to show your BD? Here is mine: Private Sub AdvanceSearch() '-- Show the browse dialog If Me.SalesReceiptBrowseDialog.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then If Me.GridViewTransactionList.GridCustomCheckMark IsNot Nothing Then Me.GridViewTransactionList.GridCustomCheckMark.ClearSelection() End If Dim selectedPKValue As Integer = Me.bizvTransactionsList.PK_Transactions Dim startSelectedDateValue As Date = Me.bizvTransactionsList.ReceiptDate Dim endSelectedDateValue As Date = Me.bizvTransactionsList.ReceiptDate '-- When doing a search, set the date range to the date of the selected transaction With Me.DateRangeSelectorSalesReceipt '-- If the range selected is already custom, let's set it for Today to avoid error when ' setting the values of the individual date range If .RangeSelectedValue = UI.Windows.Forms.DateRangeSelectorControl.PreDefinedDateList.Custom Then .RangeSelectedValue = -1 ' UI.Windows.Forms.DateRangeSelectorControl.PreDefinedDateList.Today End If .StartSelectedDateValue = startSelectedDateValue .EndSelectedDateValue = endSelectedDateValue .RangeSelectedValue = UI.Windows.Forms.DateRangeSelectorControl.PreDefinedDateList.Custom '-- Get the data Me.GetTransactionListData() Me.bizvTransactionsList.NavigateToPrimaryKey(selectedPKValue) End With Me.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor LoadAllDataForTransaction(selectedPKValue, True) Me.BizTransactions1.SaveCurrentDataTableToSnapshot("EDIT_RECORD") Me.BizTransactions1.Edit() '-- When edit, show only Active Records. Me.RefreshLookupData(LookupRefreshType.Both) '-- Ensure that the editor page is active Me.pmMain.SetActivePage(Me.PageEditor) '-- For some reason the control is only refreshed when the PageEditor is visible. Me.CustomerNameSelectedValue = Me.BizTransactions1.FK_InsuredCustomer Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default End If End Sub Edhy Rijo
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Andrew Harper	Andrew Harper posted 10 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Users Posts: 87, Visits: 3.3K	Hi Edhy, Thanks for your reply. <<Hi Andrew, I have not used the Browse Dialog (BD) in a long time, but my guess is that the BD is going behind your form during the search instead of staying as the TOP window.>> Agreed - the BD would appear to be going behind the form when the BD Search completes but before the BD results are displayed. This is what we are seeing but the behaviour is not consistent. I am still trying to identify the sequence of events that causes the BD to 'disappear'. <<Make sure you have the most recent version of SF 1.7.7.1.>> I am using 1.7.7.1 <<Can you post the code you are using to show your BD?>> We are firing the BD via the Browse button on a MaintenanceFormToolStrip. All the other standard buttons (Add, Edit etc) have the Include...Button property set to false. I will try firing the BD from a button directly on the form. Best regards, Andy
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Andrew Harper	Andrew Harper posted 10 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Users Posts: 87, Visits: 3.3K	Hi, I just found topic http://forum.strataframe.net/Topic29659.aspx that references this issue despite previous searches. This suggests that setting the BD property ForceWindowTopMost to true resolves this issue. I will make this change and test, Andy
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Edhy Rijo	E Edhy Rijo posted 10 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
E Group: StrataFrame Users Posts: 2.4K, Visits: 23K	Hi Andrew, Yeap, that make sense, this property should take care of your issues. Please let us know. Edhy Rijo Edited 10 Years Ago by Edhy Rijo
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