Another canvas related question

Question

Here is my scenario:
I have content canvas (say CC), a stacked canvas (SC) and a tab canvas (TC). On the CC, I have the TC always showing in the bottom half. In the upper half of the CC, I have some text items, list items etc always showing.
When the user selects certain options of the drop down lists in the CC and/or TC, I want to display the stacked canvas(SC) while still displaying the TC in the bottom half of the CC. SC has only a text item and an ok button on it. This text field is to capture the comments of the user. What I am trying to accomplish is to capture the user comments from the SC, assign it to a data block item when the user clicks on the 'ok' button on the SC and then hide the SC. Since there are multiple drop down list items in the SC and TC, I plan to re-use the same SC to capture the comments. Don't know if this is a good way to do it and if it can be accomplised or not. Any suggestions/ideas are appreciated.
The issue that I am facing is when I display the SC upon changing a list item in the CC, then the TC
disappears.Neither does the SC appear with the text box and the ok button on it.
1. I am using the show_view to display the SC.
2. For the SC properties itself, I set the
Raise on entry =NO, '
visible = 'YES'
3. All the canvases share the same WINDOW
4. My canvases are ordered in the following order
SC
CC
TC
5. Using forms 6i.
Pardon my ignorance about the workings of the canvases (I always struggled to understand how the various canvases work). Also, these questions were probably asked many times before....but figured might re-ask. Pls. excuse my laziness in this regard.
Questions:
1. Can I have all the 3 canvases showing at a same point in time? (does reports allow that?)
2. Has any one implemented what I am trying to accomplish? If yes, how did you do it?
Edited by: Megastar_Chiru on Jul 13, 2010 11:30 AM
Edited by: Megastar_Chiru on Jul 13, 2010 11:33 AM

Answer 1

If the "TC" disappears, maybe the SC overlaps it.
If the SC isn't displayed, try using a GO_ITEM('THE_TEXT_ITEM'); instead of using SHOW_VIEW.
Another option might be:
Create a second form and put the "comment-field" on a canvas in that form. In the WHEN-LIST-CHANGED-trigger where you actually show the SC, do a CALL_FORM to that new form to capture the users comment and proceed when the called form is ended.