Button Properties Clear State

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Hello,

to make it simpler for my users I have put a number of buttons on the sheet: Lock, unlock, and Clear. There is also a button action "unlock and clear", but I am looking for "Clear to Clear State" and "Set Clear State". Cannot seem to be able to idetinfy these actions.

QV 9 SR7

Regards,

Petra

[johnw]

Hmmm, it seems strange that the Clear action doesn't clear to the clear state since the clear button at the top of the screen does.  Anyway, setting the clear state can probably be done by macro:

sub SetClearState
    ActiveDocument.SetClearState
end sub

I don't see how to clear to the clear state using an action or macro, though.  Surely it's there.  I'm just not seeing it.  I suppose a workaround would be to store a bookmark when they set the clear state, and then apply the bookmark when they clear to clear state.  There must be a better way, though.

Personally, I'd just train my users to use the buttons at the top of the screen.  I don't see the need to reinvent the weel.

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Thanks John,

makes me feel better that I did not miss it. I'll stick with the back and clear for now. The reason I started doing this was actually as advice from the QV training team (2009) as a "better practice" mechanism ... part of the certification course. I will be running a workshop for my users next spring and intend to put up a questionaire for them to fill in. I'll add the buttons to a list and see if they require them or not.

Best Regards,

Petra

[johnw]

Oh, dear.  They're teaching people to replace the simple provided functionality with custom buttons?  In the certification course?  I guess that's another thing where I vehemently disagree with official training.  I worry more and more about the official training people are receiving, but then, I suppose a lot of teachers will be teaching from their own experience.  I'd do the same if I were teaching a certification course.  And so there will be disagreement.

If your users are used to buttons, I suspect it's already too late.  They will "require" them, as why would they want to change how they do things now?  It probably doesn't matter to them if it's a development and maintenance headache.  At least the buttons have been simple up to this point.

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sub ClearState

ActiveDocument.Clear

end sub

[mvaugusto]

This works for me on the 11.20.12451.0 SR7

Thanks