Table Problems

Len Morgan len-morgan at crcom.net
Mon May 30 08:11:56 EDT 2005


I'm trying to get a simple table of data from a database to display like 
a table object "should" and I can't seem to figure it out.  The data 
consists of both text items and dollar amounts.  Some of the text items 
are left aligned and some are centered in their column.  The dollar 
amounts are supposed to be right aligned (better still, decimal 
aligned).  I can make every cell left OR right OR centered but I can't 
make individual columns align each in their own way.

What am I missing?  I had to resort to an individual field for each cell 
in one part of the app but in that case I knew there would never be more 
than 6 columns and 5 rows.  The data I'm trying to do now could have a 
hundred rows in it (although the column widths would be fixed) and will 
need a scrollbar to move through the entire list.

Is this something Revolution can do?  If not, is this basic control 
planned for some future version?  Can I somehow create my own table 
widget (say using TkTable as a starting point) and have it integrated 
into Revolution?  This seems like a very basic capability for a GUI/RAD 
system.

Thank you,

Len Morgan


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