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Re: Info on FoxBase/Mac

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From: Eric Weidl
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 13:42
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In article <1992Apr6.042722.5600@watserv1.waterloo.edu> ec333way@sail.uwaterloo.ca writes:
>I need to find out some info about foxbase+/mac..
>I have a need to generate a spreadsheet like window/screen and put data
>values in these fields. I don't need to do any calculations or anything of 
>that sort on the values, I just need to know which one the user clicked on, 
>and to be able to match that up to the value contained/displayed in that 
>cell... 
>My question is NOT how to do this, but is is possible? Ie. can I at least get
>screen coordinates for mouse clicks, or better, assign a value to each cell 
>and get that value returned when the user selects it? As long as it _CAN_ be 
>done, that's all I need to know.

Strictly speaking, no.  There is no programatic way within FoxBASE+/Mac to 
determine where the mouse was clicked.  I can't think of a reason why you 
would need to, really.  There are ways to do what you want built-in to FoxBASE/
+Mac, but since you don't want to know, I won't tell you :-).

>Thanks,
>-- 
>Mattias Hembruch
>mghembruch@electrical.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
>or ec333way@sail.uwaterloo.ca

Eric
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               Eric Weidl    e-weidl@uchicago.edu
      University of Chicago -- Academic and Public Computing
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