Table Formatting

[xbury.cs at clearstream.com]

Hi Len,

>tabstops only gets me the width of the columns.  I want to end up with 
>something more like a spreadsheet.  I need to be able to right align the 
>numbers but left align the text fields (or maybe center them) and it 
appears 
>that this is not possible with the table control.  Is there something 
available 
>like a "table control" or the TkTable widget that I can use?  Will I have 
to 
>roll my own?  In a similar vein, is there some mechanism that I can use 
to 
>create a new control (perhaps in C) that could be added to RR to get 
"missing" 
>functionality?

To do that you will need a number of column fields. It's not hard but a 
bit more tedious
to code. The best technique is to keep the Main data table in memory and 
drop the data in
the columns as needed. The other way becomes a lot more cumbersome after 
(custom
sorts for one)... 

The missing functionality is not new. I thnk i suggested that long long 
ago but as usual
i wasn't listened to ;))

.... If you want a sample stack, contact me at x at monsieurx.com. 

cheers
Xavier




On 25.04.2005 15:13:09 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>Le 24-avr.-05, à 20:27, Len Morgan a écrit :
>
>>> This may seem like a simple question but how do I format a table field
>>> with different widths for the columns and a header?
>>>
>>> What I want is a three column table with a single digit in the first
>>> column, a dollar amount in the second, and a (fairly) long description
>>> in the third.  I also want to have a set of titles above the table
>>> denoting what each column is for.
>>> I looked up table in the documents and don't see much that would help
>>> me.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>> Look at tabstops property : set the tabStops of field to tabStopList
>
>tabstops only gets me the width of the columns.  I want to end up with 
>something more like a spreadsheet.  I need to be able to right align the 
>numbers but left align the text fields (or maybe center them) and it 
appears 
>that this is not possible with the table control.  Is there something 
available 
>like a "table control" or the TkTable widget that I can use?  Will I have 
to 
>roll my own?  In a similar vein, is there some mechanism that I can use 
to 
>create a new control (perhaps in C) that could be added to RR to get 
"missing" 
>functionality?
>
>Len Morgan
>
>
>
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