Modal forms

SeKo

Hi everybody,



I would like to have a form popup when the Item Master Data form opens. The popup should be modal, so the OITM form should not be selectable.

What is the best way to do is?



Thanks!!

Paolo Manfrin

Hi SeKo,

Do you have to show just a messageBox?

If yes the best option is to create a customize optimizer rule at FormLoad which show a messagebox MessageBox.Show("My message", "OK").



hth,

paolo

SeKo

Hi Paolo,



no, I would need to show an entire form, with a lot of fields.. Is something like this possible?



Grtz,



Sebastiaan

Paolo Manfrin

Hi Sebastian,

unfortunatly there is no such property in the standard SAP form. You have to implement with a workaround.

One possibility is to create a field (called "Modal") on any form that you want to be modal with a top and a left = -20 (so it does not appear on the form).



add the following code to the ItemEvent handler:

If pVal.EventType = SAPbouiCOM.BoEventTypes.et_FORM_DEACTIVATE Then

                Try

                    oForm.Items.Item("Modal").Click()

                    oForm.Select()

                    oForm.Items.Item("Modal").Click()

                Catch ex As Exception When Err.Number = -7001

                Catch ex As Exception

                    oApp.MessageBox(Err.Number.ToString + " " + Err.Description)

                End Try

            End If

so the user has to click on a specific button in order to close the form.



On the SAP Forum community you find different workarounds in order to overcome this missing functionality.



hth,

paolo

SeKo

Thanks for the quick answer Paolo. I can implement this method.



The other problem I have now is that the form is shown behind the OITM form. On the FormLoad event of form 150 (did not select BeforeEvent), I create a new form and load that one also. It shows the new form behind the old one. I do a form.Select() but that doesn't seem to work.

try{

Form frm = pVal.Form;

Form overview = Form.CreateNewForm("OITMOverview","ORD_OITM");

overview.Left = frm.Left;

overview.Top = frm.Top;

overview.Width = frm.Width;

overview.Height = frm.Height;

overview.Value = "Item Overview";



overview.Load();

overview.Select();



}

catch(Exception ex){

MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString(), "OK");

}

return true;

Paolo Manfrin

Hi,

try with a different event. e.g. GotFocus.

You can use the event log of customizeto decide which is the best event to listen in order to show up your form.

hth

paolo