Scrolling Cards

[Jim Carwardine]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for.  I'll give it a try... Jim

on 12/17/03 12:23 PM, Ray Bennett wrote:

> I'm not sure I'm understanding you perfectly, but this _may_ be what
> you're after...
> 
> You're middle section, I presume, consists of a bunch of child fields.
> If you select all of these child fields and group them, then make that
> group scrollable, it will allow you to scroll only the middle section
> (this won't have the appearance of scrolling the card, though).   This
> sounds like what you're after.
> 
> One of the bonuses in grouping things this way is that you can
> dynamically grow the groups size by adding more child fields to it.
> For instance when you click on a parent record and it has 30 children,
> you can add the additional fields to the group and it will grow
> proportionately.  You will need to make sure when you're done, then,
> that you reset the groups height to match that of the card - then
> you're scrollbar will be exactly what you need.   (If you lock the
> groups location and size you may not need the last step.)
> 
> Hope this helps.
> Ray
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 06:35 AM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, folks.  My record, when displayed has 3 sections.  It's the
>> middle
>> section I want to scroll with the children fields displayed.  Does that
>> cause a problem?  Jim
>> 
>> 12/17/03 2:49 AM, Ray Bennett wrote:
>> 
>>> And make sure to go into the "Property Inspector" for the group Jacque
>>> described and open the Geometry properties.  Click on the vertical
>>> pipe
>>> that that exits the top of the object box and the horizontal pipe that
>>> exits the left side of the object box.  Each will turn red as you
>>> click
>>> it.   This will ensure that your group resizes with the window.
>>> 
>>> On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 12:49 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 12/16/03 6:32 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I¹m very new to Revolution and I have a question.  I¹m designing a
>>>>> database
>>>>> that is relational in the sense that there are parent/child
>>>>> relationships
>>>>> between records that can go many levels deep.  When I look at a
>>>>> parent
>>>>> record, I want to see all of the first level children of that record
>>>>> in a
>>>>> list.  Each record has a number of fields I want to show.  What I
>>>>> seem to be
>>>>> reading in the docs for Rev is that I can place a vertical scroll
>>>>> bar
>>>>> on the
>>>>> card that will allow the fields in the card to scroll, which is
>>>>> exactly what
>>>>> I want to do.  Is that clear enough for someone to get me started?
>>>>> How do I
>>>>> do it?   Jim
>>>> 
>>>> The easiest way is to create a very tall card with enough space to
>>>> lay
>>>> out all your fields. The card can be taller than the screen if
>>>> necessary. Then group all the fields and objects on the card. In the
>>>> property inspector, set the group to have a vertical scrollbar. Then
>>>> resize both the group and the stack window to be smaller than the
>>>> card
>>>> so that the scrollbar becomes active. If you set the size of the
>>>> group
>>>> to be the same size as the stack window, it will look just like a
>>>> scrolling document.
>>>> 
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>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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