Re: XForms: how does fl_show_question() do it ?

T.C. Zhao (tc_zhao@yahoo.com)
Tue, 7 Jul 1998 12:18:53 -0700 (PDT)

# To subscribers of the xforms list from "T.C. Zhao" <tc_zhao@yahoo.com> :

fl_do_only_forms(), which is not too different
from fl_do_forms().

---Paul Barton-Davis <pbd@Op.Net> wrote:
>
> # To subscribers of the xforms list from Paul Barton-Davis
<pbd@Op.Net> :
>
> I need to write something similar to fl_show_question(), in that it
> will display a new form, allow interaction with it (and possibly, or
> possibly not other forms, but thats incidental) and return a value to
> the caller.
>
> Its completely unclear to me how to do this. Once my routine calls
> fl_show_form(), what can it do to allow interaction to proceed ?
>
> If it calls fl_do_forms(), and was itself invoked from a callback by
> fl_do_forms(), then the library gets used in a reentrant fashion, and
> core dumps result at random.
>
> If it calls fl_check_forms(), similar problems might arise, and
> besides, the program turns into a CPU hog.
>
> fl_show_question() appears to do something "magic" that invokes the
> internals of fl_do_forms() but with reentrant issues. Can I get some
> of that magic ?
>
> --thanks,
> --pbd
>
>
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