How to get a same data grid on each card?

Andre.Bisseret Andre.Bisseret at inria.fr
Mon Jan 4 14:07:05 EST 2010


Le 4 janv. 10 à 15:45, Trevor DeVore a écrit :

> On Jan 3, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote:
>
>> I create a data grid "dataGrid" (with all needed properties  
>> defined) on the first card of the stack.
>> I don"t include it in the background of this first card
>>
>> Then, when I create a new card I do :
>>
>> copy grp "DataGrid" of cd 1 of this stack
>>  paste
>>  set the dgText of grp "DataGrid" to empty
>>
>> So I get a data grid (with the same name) on each new card ready to  
>> be specifically populated for this card.
>>
>> Seems to work well :-)
>>
>> Trevor, is this a good way to go or are there some warning against  
>> it?
>
> Off the top of my head I don't see why that wouldn't work. It  
> appears that you are using one Data Grid as your template and then  
> copying it to new cards as needed.
>
OK thank you much for this confirmation
Meanwihile, I am learning about template; seems it should be a more  
elegant solution (more in the spirit of the Data Grid).

Best regards from Grenoble
André







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