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    Posted: 16 March 2011 at 12:40pm
Hi,

In some CJ events there is a parameter, usualy called "Cancel", that allow us to cancel a operation.
This parameter is, in the majority of the cases, a boolean, but in some cases is a "Variant". When it happens the operation is never canceled when I change the parameter value to TRUE, and I need to wrap the control in VB6 to change the parameter type to boolean. Ermm

I believe that there isn't a real reason to define the "Cancel" parameter as a Variant, and it's just a programmer decision at the moment.

There are only a few cases in just a few CJ Controls (KeyBindings, TabControl, TabToolbar, PropertyGrid, ReportControl and TrackControl). In all other cases the parameter is properly defined as a boolean.

As I don't think I'm the only one (potentially) having problems with this, do you think it's possible to change it in the future?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Oleg Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 March 2011 at 2:20am
Never tried Visual Objects, but maybe you need something Cancel = VARIANT_TRUE or something like that ?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Carlos Rocha Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 March 2011 at 6:56am
Thanks for replying so fast

Yes, I'm sure the problem is in Visual Objects side as it doesn't support the VB variant type, but it's more or less common with non MS languages, I believe.

Still, unless there's a reason to not do so, it seems logical that the Cancel parameter should be always a boolean for product consistency, efficiency and performance.
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still please try VARIANT_TRUE or ((VARIANT_BOOL)0xffff)
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Originally posted by oleg oleg wrote:

still please try VARIANT_TRUE or ((VARIANT_BOOL)0xffff)

I don't have that, but I will investigate.

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Originally posted by Carlos Rocha Carlos Rocha wrote:

Originally posted by oleg oleg wrote:

still please try VARIANT_TRUE or ((VARIANT_BOOL)0xffff)

I don't have that, but I will investigate.

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It doesn't work. Besides, nothing works. 
Visual Objects transforms the parameter in an internal type, named USUAL, with half the struct VARIANT size. I can't even cast it. I was able to create a Variant in my side and assign 0xfff to it, but I can't replace the parameter with it Ouch

Maybe someday you'll define those Cancel as boolean Approve

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