Scrolling Cards

[Jim Carwardine]

Figured it out... Jim

on 1/9/04 9:13 PM, Jim Carwardine wrote:

> How do I change the size of the group.  In the inspector, if I use the Size
> and Position section, I don't seem to be able to resize the group and get
> the scroll bar to work correctly.  I created a long, narrow group that
> extends off the card and I loaded it with buttons.  Exactly what part of the
> inspector do I use to shrink the group... or do I use a rev statement in the
> msg box?  Jim
> 
> on 12/17/03 1:49 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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