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POST( event [,control] [,thread] [,position] )

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POST Posts an event.
event An integer constant, variable, expression, or EQUATE containing an event number. A value in the range 400h to 0FFFh is a User-defined event.
control An integer constant, EQUATE, variable, or expression containing the field number of the control affected by the event. If omitted, the event is field-independent.
thread An integer constant, EQUATE, variable, or expression containing the execution thread number whose ACCEPT loop is to process the event. If omitted, the event is posted to the current thread.
position An integer constant, EQUATE, variable, or expression containing either zero (0) or one (1). If one (1), the event message is placed at the front of the event message queue. If omitted or zero (0), the event message is placed at the end of the event message queue.

POST posts an event to the currently active ACCEPT loop of the specified thread. This may be a User-defined event, or any other event. User-defined event numbers can be defined as any integer between 400h and 0FFFh. Any event posted with a control specified is a field-specific event, while those without are field-independent events.

POSTing an event causes the ACCEPT loop to fire but does not cause the event to “happen.” For example, POST(EVENT:Selected,?MyControl) executes any code in EVENT:Selected for ?MyControl but does not cause ?MyControl to gain focus.

Example:

Win1   WINDOW('Tools'),AT(156,46,32,28),TOOLBOX

       BUTTON('Date'),AT(0,0,,),USE(?Button1)

       BUTTON('Time'),AT(0,14,,),USE(?Button2)

      END

CODE

OPEN(Win1)

ACCEPT

 IF EVENT() = EVENT:User            !Detect user-defined event

  BREAK

 END

 CASE ACCEPTED()

 OF ?Button1

  POST(EVENT:User,,UseToolsThread)  !Post field-independent event to other thread

 OF ?Button2

  POST(EVENT:User)                  !Post field-independent event to this thread

 END

END

CLOSE(Win1)

See Also:

ACCEPT

EVENT

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