(Windows only; GUI
for .NET only)
An object reference to the last .NET form or ABL window to receive focus. The object
reference returned by ACTIVE-FORM has the OpenEdge .NET Progress.Windows.IForm interface type.
Notes
- ACTIVE-FORM
references instances of any class that ABL recognizes as a form,
including the following form classes:
- Progress.Windows.Form class — A custom OpenEdge .NET form class that
encapsulates a Microsoft .NET System.Windows.Forms.Form for use
within an ABL session. If a .NET form is last to receive focus and you use the
Progress.Windows.Form class to instantiate all .NET forms,
ACTIVE-FORM references the affected Progress.Windows.Form
instance.
- Progress.Windows.FormProxy class — An OpenEdge .NET form class that
is associated with each ABL window instantiated in any ABL session that references
.NET objects. If an ABL window is last to receive focus, ACTIVE-FORM references the
Progress.Windows.FormProxy object associated with the affected
window.
- If the last ABL window to receive focus is the default window, ACTIVE-FORM
returns the Unknown value (?), because ABL does not create
a FormProxy object for the default window.
- You cannot use ACTIVE-FORM if the window with focus is not a
Progress.Windows.Form or a native ABL window. If you directly
instantiate .NET forms using System.Windows.Forms.Form (or any other
native .NET form class), you must use the .NET ActiveForm property to
identify the native .NET form instance that has focus.
Progress.Windows.Form also inherits the ActiveForm
property from System.Windows.Forms.Form, and this property also
references the .NET native form instance that a given
Progress.Windows.Form object represents. However,
Progress.Windows.FormProxy
does not inherit the ActiveForm property and does not provide a
meaningful reference when an ABL window has focus.
