Field Dialog

Brian Element

This code creates a menu that allows you to pick multiple fields.  The code should be inserted as part of the menu structure and as part of the menu, usually based on a select statement option of a button being selected from the main menu.

Snippet
'code to creat the dialog
Begin Dialog dlgFields 0,40,326,157,"Select Fields", .NewDialog
  ListBox 11,24,134,90, FieldList$(), .ListBox1
  OKButton 96,121,40,14, "OK", .OKButton1
  CancelButton 184,122,40,14, "Cancel", .CancelButton1
  ListBox 176,26,134,89, FieldList1$(), .ListBox2
  PushButton 154,31,15,14, ">", .PushButton1
  PushButton 154,53,15,14, "<", .PushButton1
  PushButton 154,73,15,14, ">>", .PushButton1
  PushButton 154,94,15,13, "<<", .PushButton1
  Text 12,11,79,11, "Fields in selected file", .Text1
  Text 178,13,101,11, "Fields to be used in cross join file", .Text2
End Dialog

'-------------------------------------------------
'the following code would usually be called from withint a select 
'case statement to display the dialog.  The arrays of pirmaryFields()
'should have already been created with the field information
'and an integer called primaryNoFields with the total number of fields

If primaryFileName = "" Then
	MsgBox "Please select the primary file", 48, "Error"
	GoTo main_menu:
End If
			
tempFieldPopulated  = false
ReDim FieldList1$(primaryNoFields)
ReDim fieldlist$(primaryNoFields)
For i = 1 To primaryNoFields
	fieldlist$(i) = primaryFields(i)
	If primaryUseField(i) = true Then
		FieldList1$(i) = primaryFields(i) 
	Else
		FieldList1$(i) = ""
	End If
Next i
field_menu:
buttonPrimaryFields  = Dialog(DlgFields1)
		
If buttonPrimaryFields = 1 Then 
	FieldList1$(DlgFields1.ListBox1 + 1) = fieldlist$(DlgFields1.ListBox1 + 1)
	GoTo field_menu
End If
			
If buttonPrimaryFields = 2 Then  
	'cycles through the choices and takes out the proper item
	j = 0
	For i = 1 To primaryNoFields 
		If FieldList1$(i) <> "" Then
			j = j + 1
			If j = DlgFields1.ListBox2 + 1 Then
				FieldList1$(i) = ""
			End If
		End If
	Next i
	GoTo field_menu
End If 
If buttonPrimaryFields = 3 Then 
	For i=1 To primaryNoFields
		FieldList1$(i)= fieldlist$(i)
	Next i
	GoTo field_menu
End If 
If buttonPrimaryFields = 4 Then 
	For i=1 To primaryNoFields
		FieldList1$(i)= ""
	Next i
	GoTo field_menu
End If 
If buttonPrimaryFields = -1 Then
	'check to make sure there is something in the list box

	For i = 1 To primaryNoFields
		If FieldList1$(i) <> "" Then
			tempFieldPopulated = true
			primaryUseField(i) = true
		Else
			primaryUseField(i) = false
		End If
	Next i
	If tempFieldPopulated = false Then
		MsgBox "You must select at least one field"
		GoTo field_menu
	End If
End If
GoTo main_menu