Best way to have images in scrolling field?

[Ken Ray]

On 8/9/06 4:26 PM, "RGould8 at aol.com" <RGould8 at aol.com> wrote:

> I need to have some images inside a scrolling field.   Each image needs to
> have 2 lines of text to the right of it.
> 
> How many options do I have?   From what I'm reading able fields, it appears
> that I can:
> 
> 1)   Use a table-field object, put a char in column 1 and set the
> "imagesource" of that char.   Then put my text that is to appear to the right
> of that 
> image into column 2.   I set the fixedlineheight to FALSE so that the image
> height fits in the table.
> 
> 2)   Use a regular field object - - - which I initially tried.   I used the
> same technique as in #1 above.   The problem is that I can't seem to position
> more than 1 line of text to the right of the image.   (and it's
> bottom-aligned)
> 
> 3)   Use HTMLtext somehow - - - except that HTML tables in fields don't work,
> so I ruled out that idea.
> 
> 4)   Dynamically create graphic objects and text objects, and group them via
> code as they are drawn and put a scrollbar on the group.   I really don't want
> to go that route.
> 
> Do I have any other options?

Yes - a demoed but unreleased library called "libSTSIconList" will do
exactly what you're asking - contact me offlist and I'll arrange to get you
a copy to play with.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com