populating stack with field

Cubist at aol.com Cubist at aol.com
Wed Jun 30 18:09:35 EDT 2004


sez bob at armbase.com:
>I could do with a couple of pointers in the next direction. I dont expect
>a code snippet, since I find it better to learn by browsing but I could do
>with a little prodding in the right direction. When I add textboxes, for
>example, using the button, they are all on top of each other and not 
>moveable or resizeable, Is there a command that will allow them to be moved
>and or resized after insertion?
   *E*V*E*R*Y*T*H*I*N*G* can be moved and/or resized at *A*N*Y* time. 
Relocating fields (or whatever else) can be done with this command:

  set the location of field "Fred" to 25,100

   Naturally, you'll want to replace " field 'Fred' " with the specific 
object you *want* to relocate, and you'll also want to replace "25,100" with the 
actual location you want to move whatever-it-is to. The neat bit is, you can put 
stuff into variables and do things like "set the location of ThisItem to 
NewLocation" ! 
   As for resizing, that, too, is fairly simple:

  set the rectangle of field "Fred" to 10,20,30,40

   Or, if you prefer, "set the rectangle of ThisItem to ThisRectangle" will 
also work, provided that ThisItem and ThisRectangle are variables that contain 
the right sort of data.
   Hope this helps...


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