problem with grouped field

[Eric Chatonet]

Hi Wouter,

Seem to be related to some limitation: you say 32778 and 65535  but I  
would think it's 32768 (2^15) and 65566 (2^16).
See the Help/Quick Reference Guides/Memory and Limits.

Best Regards from Paris,

Eric Chatonet.

Le 14 nov. 05 à 16:21, Wouter a écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> I encountered some problems with grouped fields with RR 2.6.1 (but  
> also in former versions) on OS X 10.4.1
>
> 1.  problem with scroll of group starting at 32779, field  
> disappears (at 32778 it still shows)), scroll is reset at zero.
> But clicking where the field is supposed to be reveals some lines.
> 2.  problem with height of field in group if  >  65535.
> The height of the field is reset to zero and starts growing again  
> when more lines are added.
>
> Recipe:
> ingredients:
> - 1 field (no vScroll)  in a group (with vScroll)
> - 2 buttons
> - 2 scripts, one for each button:
>
> on mouseUp
>   put "" into fld 1
>   repeat with i = 1 to 3200
>     put i & cr after tList
>   end repeat
>   put tList into fld 1
>   set the height of fld 1 to the formattedheight of fld 1
>   set the rect of grp 1 to 10,10,138,bottom of this cd - 50
>   put 32760 into a ### approximation of start of problem
>   repeat
>     add 1 to a
>     set the scroll of grp 1 to a
>     put the scroll of grp 1 into b
>     put a & cr & b
>     if a > b then exit repeat
>     wait 100 millisecs with messages
>     if the commandkey is down or the controlkey is down then exit  
> repeat
>   end repeat
> end mouseUp
>
> on mouseUp
>   put "" into fld 1
>   repeat with i = 1 to 65400 div the effective textheight of fld 1
>     put i & cr after tList
>   end repeat
>   put tList into fld 1
>   set the height of fld 1 to the formattedheight of fld 1
>   set the rect of grp 1 to 10,10,138,bottom of this cd - 50
>   repeat
>     add 1 to i
>     put i & cr after fld 1
>     put the formattedheight of fld 1 into a
>     set the height of fld 1 to a
>     put the height of fld 1 into b
>     set the rect of grp 1 to 10,10,138,bottom of this cd - 50
>     put  i & cr & a & cr & b
>     lock screen
>     unlock screen
>     if a > b then exit repeat
>     if  the commandkey is down or the controlkey is down then exit  
> repeat
>   end repeat
> end mouseUp
>
> beware of mail line wraps
>
> I wanted to ask if someone could confirm this and if this is also  
> the case on other platforms.
> TIA,
>
> Wouter

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