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Steven Brague

Not sure if you want to change the prompt on a button, or the message
on the status bar.

chg button prompt:  show get mbutton,1 prompt 'new prompt'
 (you can do this in screen show gets, or in a field-valid)

chg status bar msg:  set message to 'the new message'

hope this helps.    Joe

Quote:>  Was wondering if it was possible to change a buttons MESSAGE when you
>redefine the prompt using SHOW GET etc.  The Wizards I've seen from
>FPW2.6 don't do it.  Two buttons, Edit and Delete, are redefined to be
>Save and Cancel respectively.  However, if the user makes Cancel the
>active GET field, the user message still reads 'Delete current record.'  
>Seems if you are able to change a buttons prompt, and therefore the
>buttons purpose, that you should also be able to redefine the message
>value for that button.  Any ideas?

Steve Brague

Steve - I do not use the message snippet for a field.  Where you are
setting the prompt, why not put:
set message to 'Delete current record?'   or   'Recall?'
directly after it?  Don't use the message snippet at all.

Otherwise, you will need a memvar that says deleting or recall, then
in  the message snippet (as an expression, not procedure), use
iif(m.delete,"Delete current record","Recall").  
I guess this would work.  Again, I use set message in the valid.

I hope this is what you are looking for.    Joe

Thanks again,
Steve

B>Ok, what I was really shooting for is this...I have one button that
B>enables the user to delete a record.  However, if the current record
B>*IS*  deleted then the prompt on the button changes to 'Recall' via
B>show get  del_btn,1 prompt '\<Recall' etc etc.  Then code inside the
B>screen  prog determines whether the record is to be deleted or
B>recalled.  Problem  is that the message attributed to this button is
B>always (as far as I can  see anyway) going to be 'Delete current
B>record' or whatever it was  initially set to.  Be nice to be able to
B>redefine the message after I  redefine the prompt.

B>Steve Brague

In the message clause of the button use a named expression such as
(m.mess).  You can then redefine m.mess each time you recall or delete a
record.  I would also add the following snippet to the code after the
SCATTER MEMVAR command.

    if deleted()
        m.mess='Recall Record'
    else
        m.mess='Delete Record'
    endif