Solution: Display of groups in Control Browser

[Klaus Major]

Hi Wilhelm,

> The problem - on our side - is located in the "refresh" handler of the 
> card script of the Control Browser. Presumeably the engine now treats 
> the number of layers in groups somewhat differently since version 
> 2.6.1 (Metacard reading).

Aha!
So much for the promised engine compatibility with the MC IDE ;-)

> I tested the contents of all instances of the local variable 
> "groupcontrols" (that is responsible for the width of the "pad"), and 
> the results with engines before 2.6.1 differ markedly from those 
> after; see the commented part of the script below
>
> I commented the offending part of the script and added a new 
> "indenting routine", which could possibly be scripted still more 
> elegantly.
>
> Substitute the script below for the present "refresh" script of the 
> Control Browser, and groups and sub-groups will  then show properly 
> indented as they should - with engine versions before and after 2.6.1.
>
> All other functions of the Control Browser work as before after that 
> change.
>
>
> on refresh
>   local l, pad, cname, groupcontrols, isvis, nopw, nlines
>   lock screen
> ...
>   end if
>   unlock screen
> end refresh

Cool, thank you very much!

> Best regards,
>
> Wilhelm Sanke

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de