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In R-Prior, one could right-click on a Design element and pop the infobox with data about that element, such as creation date, last save, who saved it, size, etc. If I right-click a custom control in DDE the only thing I see is “File Properties”, which gives info about the .nsf the control is in.
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Now, after typing the above and doing “File Properties” to provide information on what’s actually there, I see the control’s properties. They were clearly not present before … the Path data was the NSF, not the XSP the control is in.
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Also, it routinely does nothing when I attempt “File Properties” on a custom control. Well not nothing. It loads a blank window and sits there indefinitely. If I close that blank window and try again, it will often load the control’s properties as expected. In fact this appears to be quite consistent. First window is empty, second is populated.
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And lastly, it does not tell me who saved it last, nor when it was created. It does tell me the last save date, which is a Good Thing ™!
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Huh. It seems if DDE doesn’t lose focus, after the initial blank window, all control properties dialogs are populated first thing. If I come over here and type, then go over to DDE and load properties, it’s back to blank the first time and present the next.
Thanks for your time…