The dialog box passes the data the user entered (such as the date range) back to the calling window by calling the End_Dialog subroutine in its CLOSE event. Suppose the dialog box contains two edit line controls (START_DATE and END_DATE) which contain the date range. The code below will pass the values back to the calling window:
declare function get_property, set_property, send_event declare subroutine end_dialog $insert Ctrl_Property_Equates ctrls = @window: '.BEGIN_DATE' : @rm : @window : '.END_DATE' props = DEFPROP$ : @rm : DEFPROP$ RtnData = Get_Property(Ctrls, props) convert @rm to @fm in RtnData * * now return the data * End_Dialog( 'COLLECTORWINDOW', RtnData)
The text (the default property of an edit line) is stored in RtnData as a record-mark delimited variable, through the Get_Property() call. After converting the record marks to field marks, RtnData can be passed back to the calling window by calling the End_Dialog subroutine.
