Faking A Real Table Object

[jbv]

Len ,

just curious : why faking a table object ? Why not use a "real" table
object instead ?

JB

> I'm trying to create a group that will act like a "real" table object
> should.  In other words, I want to be able to align each column
> individually.
>
> I've created 5 fields each the width needed for a column and then
> grouped them together.  Since the columns (as originally drawn) we
> longer than the group, I get a scrollbar for the group but it only
> scrolls to the height of the fields.  Since the number of lines in the
> fields can vary from 2 to 200, I don't want to put 2 lines of data and
> 198 CRs in each field.
>
> I know someone has done this before where they attach a scroll bar to
> the right most column and then somehow get the other columns to move
> when it's scrollbar is moved.
>
> Is there a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?  If the group
> w/ scrollbar is the way to go, how can I dynamically expand the length
> of the columns (as the number of records varies) without moving the top
> of the field around on the card?