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[Stephen Messimer]

> Looking at the TD, it seems that to get a window to scroll, you make a
> group of all the objects in it, make it the same size as the stack 
> (iw. the
> same size as the window the user sees), and give the group a 
> scrollbar. The
> TD and the cookbook remain silent on the question of how you get 
> something
> which **needs** to scroll, i.e. how you get objects into the space 
> outside
> the boundaries of the group. Clearly this must be possible, otherwise 
> there
> would be no need to scroll the group in the first place. To some 
> extent I
> found I can work by making the group as big as possible, putting 
> objects
> into it, and then making it smaller again so that it fits the window 
> to be
> scrolled. I managed it, although I find it counterintuitive, but it 
> left me
> with a problem.
>
> What is not clear is what happens if you want to have the scroll 
> distance a
> lot larger (let's say higher) than the available screen size: how do 
> you
> get to see the far-off parts of the group in order to populate it in 
> the
> first place, using the usual method of positioning objects visually?

Make the scrolling group, as described above as height that fits in 
your window design.

Now lock the size and position.

Click the select Grouped button in the Rev task bar

Select a button that is in your group and duplicate it.  Move it 
downward until it almost disappears at the bottom of the group mover 
the thumb position of the groups elevator down.  Now duplicate another 
button.  Using this method you can create a a group that contains a 
column containing a fairly large number of buttons all of which may be 
assigned icons.


Regards,

Steve

Stephen R. Messimer, PA
208 1st Ave. South	
Escanaba, MI 49829
http://www.messimercomputing.com
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