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[Sean H.]

I was reading through the online documentation, specifically this page
https://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-fgl-3.10.00-manual-html/#fgl-topics/c_fgl_DIALOG_subdialog_MENU.html

I am trying to do the same thing and use a menu inside of a dialog

   dialog attributes(unbuffered)

      display array someArray to screenTable.*
      end display

      menu
         on action exit
            exit dialog
      end menu

   end dialog

It's giving me the error

      menu
| A grammatical error has been found at 'menu' expecting: AFTER BEFORE COMMAND END ON.
| See error number -6609.
         on action exit
            exit dialog
      end menu

I'm a bit confused on how to get this working. I know I can just use the action directly like this

   dialog attributes(unbuffered)

      display array someArray to screenTable.*
      end display

      on action exit
         exit dialog

   end dialog

The problem is that I must have at least one display array or input etc inside the dialog or it won't work.

   dialog attributes(unbuffered)

      on action exit
         exit dialog

   end dialog

This will fail.

[Sebastien F.]

Hello Sean,

Please consider using the latest V4.00 documentation to get most recent doc bug fixes:

    https://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-fgl-manual-html/#fgl-topics/c_fgl_form_controllers.html

I think you are confused by the concepts of declarative dialog blocks vs procedural dialog blocks.

If you only want to control a simple set of action views with no field input or list handling, use the good old MENU instruction:

Code

MENU ...
  ON ACTION xyz
    ...
  COMMAND "xyz"
    ...
END MENU

https://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-fgl-manual-html/#fgl-topics/c_fgl_menus_002.html

If you want to add action handlers in a procedural dialog block, add ON ACTION or COMMAND clauses at the DIALOG level:

Code

FUNCTION...
  ...
  DIALOG
     INPUT BY NAME ...
         ...
     END INPUT
     ON ACTION xyz       <-- here
          ...
  END DIALOG
  ...
END FUNCTION

https://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-fgl-manual-html/#fgl-topics/c_fgl_multiple_dialogs_intro.html

If you want to reuse sub-dialog blocks in different procedural dialogs, use declarative dialog blocks:

Code

DIALOG menu1()
  MENU ...
    ...
  END MENU
END DIALOG
 
FUNCTION func()
   DIALOG 
      INPUT BY NAME ...
           ...
      END INPUT
      SUBDIALOG menu1
   END DIALOG
END FUNCTION

https://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-fgl-manual-html/#fgl-topics/c_fgl_declarative_dialogs_intro.html


Seb

[Sean H.]

The last example of reusing dialogs is the closest to what I am looking I'm just a bit confused about how the subdialog references the parent dialog.

I updated the code to match yours.

dialog dialogMenu()

   menu

      on action add
         message "Add Exe"

      on action exit
         exit dialog

   end menu

end dialog

function dialogDisplay()

   dialog attributes(unbuffered)

      display array someArray to screenTable.*
      end display

      subdialog dialogMenu

   end dialog

end function

It looks like the buttons/actions have now become available but the exit doesn't seem to be exiting the dialog, or I just don't know which dialog is being targeted for the exit.
I added a second action just to test and that one doesn't seem to be displaying the message, am I missing some steps?

[Sebastien F.]

Seems we have a bug here with SUBDIALOG using a declarative dialog with MENU. We will investigate.

I suggest that you use directly ON ACTION clauses in your procedural DIALOG:

Code

function dialogDisplay()
 
   dialog attributes(unbuffered)
 
      display array someArray to screenTable.*
      end display
 
      on action add
         message "Add Exe"
 
      on action exit
         exit dialog
 
   end dialog
 
end function

[Sean H.]

Ok, thanks so much for getting back to me and all your assistance though.

[Sebastien F.]

You are welcome, bug FGL-5713 created.
Seb

[Rene S.]

This issue is caused by a Genero-Mobile feature: parallel dialogs. START DIALOG D, TERMINATE DIALOG D where D is the name of a callable dialog (aka procedural dialog). A callable dialog defining a MENU can not be used as a sub dialog of a multiple dialog. The usage is limited to parallel dialogs.

The compiler can not detect this issue. The runtime should raise an error.