Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
ADM Reference

okToContinueProcedure

Procedure that checks whether the visual object has modified screen data or its data-source has uncommitted changes. If either of these conditions is TRUE we issue Yes-No-Cancel questions allowing the user to choose how to proceed. The choices are: save/commit and continue; cancel/undo and continue; not continue.

Location: datavis.p

Parameters:

INPUT pcAction AS CHARACTER

Used to retrieve the correct message. Valid values are:

Exit — Exit/close application window
‘ ’ (the empty string) — Continue
Commit — Commit (yes, no, cancel)
Undo — Undo (no save option)
OK — No question: save and commit
Cancel — No question: cancel and undo

OUTPUT plAnswer AS LOGICAL

The user’s response to the question, if any.

Notes: confirmExit and confirmOpenQuery call this function. This is copied from okToContinue function in datavis.p for use with Dynamics.