[Jprogramming] edit fields get out of step with their buffers

[bill lam]

Does wd'qd' help?

Вск, 28 Ноя 2010, Ian Clark писал(а):
> Is there a system verb I can call which simulates a button event? Or a
> call I can make from my code to post a keyDown or mouseclick event?
> 
> I've often met the need to do this, but most recently as one possible
> solution to the following problem:
> 
> I have an edit control named atel, on a form named cab. After executing:
>    wd 'set atel *xyz'
> the form shows 'xyz' in the appropriate field, but the buffer noun
> atel still shows its previous value. It does not get updated until I
> next interact with the screen. Even calling: wd'q' returns the old
> value of atel.
> 
> (This is what happens on the Mac. I haven't tried it under Windows to
> see if the same thing happens.)
> 
> How, at any given stage in my code, do I ensure that atel (and other
> edit buffers) are all in-step with their visible contents?
> Must my code explicitly assign the required contents to atel at the
> time it calls: wd 'set atel ...'?
> 
> Ian
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