Toggle button

[z178]

I want to create a toggle button in FM.

The button on the first click should just change color and if the user does not click a second time within say 2 seconds, the button returns to its original state.

Would using a repeating container field with 2 repetitions to hold 2 images showing the state of the button work?

Click 1 sets the flag to 1

set the repeating field to show the second image

if click 2 occurs within 2 seconds,

set flag to 0

execute a script

else

set flag to 0

end if

The trouble is how do I time the clicks?

Is there a builtin function that can time the clicks? Should I use a timestamp for each click and calculate the difference to time the click?

Thanks in advance for any help

[dreamingmind]

A timestamp seems like the way to go. You could have the click set a modification time field or carry a script parameter of the current time-of-click and compare it to a variable that stores the last click time...

Regards, Don

[dreamingmind]

Thinking a bit more though, you're going to have trouble returning the color to the if there is no second click.

There would have to be some event to trigger a screen refresh...

Are you going to lock the user into a loop so you can keep an eye on the time and update the button image on each cycle?

Regards, Don

[Fitch]

You could use a webviewer with a javascript to fade the button back to its original color.

[z178]

How 'bout using an external applescript to track the time elapsed and then Applescript GUI scripting to run a second script to set the state of the button?

That way the user would not be locked into a loop?

Also has anyone tried the zipp script for this problem?

Thanks for all the posts

[Stuart Taylor]

This seems overly complex

Why not a simple toggle button?

button.fp7.zip

[comment]

I thought there was a request here for 'revert, unless confirmed within 2 seconds' or something like that? Seems very similar to:

http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/176521/

[z178]

Absolutely ! the original request is for revert in 2 seconds if not confirmed.

Was hoping to allow users make minimum mouse moves during data entry thus avoiding irritating dialogs like "Are you really sure you want to confirm?"

[Stuart Taylor]

I was just thinking does it need to be so complex.

Anyway after a little thought it was actually really simple.

Attached...

best stuart

button_2.fp7.zip

[Stuart Taylor]

Ps as you are using version 9 i would also use conditional formatting but as i am not i can not :

[Stuart Taylor]

Adjusted script.

button_3.fp7.zip