Use of dgIndex

[Michael Doub]

I think both methods will work.   I was having problems with dgLine as well so I found that dgIndexes  returns the indexes in the order that they were displayed.  So itemOffset is essentially returning dgLine.

I am not sure that you can assume that dgIndex of me  = 1 is equivalent to dgLine of me = 1.  So I think  the line:
 If the dgindex of me = 1 then

needs to be:
 If myPosition of me = 1 then
or
if the dgLine of me = 1 then


What is the procedure to cut and paste a script into email?   On my initial email I tried to paste the script below and it go rejected because it was too large.  It did remain colorized so I assumed that it was all of the html tags that push it over the limit of the list.

BTW thanks for all of the help folks.

-= Mike


On 2011-11-07, at 7:56 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:

> ah, I betcha I know what it is. I italicised the script portion and bet
> whatever client you use doesn't recognize it. Either way, heres the script
> again no italics.
> 
> on FillInData pDataArray
>   put empty into fld "DLabel" of me
>   if pDataArray["FirstName"] is not empty then
>      put pDataArray["FirstName"] & space after fld "DLabel" of me
>   end if
>   if pDataArray["MiddleName"] is not empty then
>      put pDataArray["MiddleName"] & space after fld "DLabel" of me
>   end if
>   put  pDataArray["LastName"] after fld "DLabel" of me
>   put char 1 of fld "DLabel" of me into fld "HLabel" of me
>   set the vis of fld "HLabel" of me to false
>   set the vis of graphic "HBackground" of me to false
>   put the dgControl of me into theGrid
>   put the dgIndex of me into tindex
>   if tindex is empty then
>      put "error" into fld "HLabel" of me
>      set the vis of fld "HLabel" of me to true
>      set the vis of graphic "HBackground" of me to true
>   else
>      put the dgIndexes of theGrid into tlist
>      set itemdel to comma
>      put itemOffset(tindex,tlist) into myPosition
>      If the dgindex of me = 1 then
>         -- we have the first item so show a header
>         set the vis of fld "HLabel" of me to true
>         set the vis of graphic "HBackground" of me to true
>      else
>         put the dgline of me - 1 into previousIndex
>         --item (myPosition -1) of tlist into previousIndex
>         put the dgDataOfline[previousIndex] of me into theotherdata
>         put  theotherdata["firstName"] & return after msg
>         if the first char of theotherdata["FirstName"] <> the first char
> of pDataArray["FirstName"] then
>            -- we found a break so show a header
>            set the vis of fld "HLabel" of me to true
>            set the vis of graphic "HBackground" of me to true
>         end if
>      end if
>   end if
> end FillInData
> 
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hmm. its just gmail and they weren't and aren't there when I paste. As far
>> as I know gmail doesn't do this so i'm not sure where they came from.
>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD <pmbrig at gmail.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> On Nov 7, 2011, at 7:00 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>>> 
>>>> ...<snip>
>>>> 
>>>> *on FillInData pDataArray*
>>>> *   put empty into fld "DLabel" of me*
>>>> *   if pDataArray["FirstName"] is not empty then *
>>>> *      put pDataArray["FirstName"] & space after fld "DLabel" of me*
>>>> *   end if*
>>>> *   if pDataArray["MiddleName"] is not empty then *
>>>> *      put pDataArray["MiddleName"] & space after fld "DLabel" of me*
>>>> *   end if*
>>>> *   put  pDataArray["LastName"] after fld "DLabel" of me*
>>>> *   put char 1 of fld "DLabel" of me into fld "HLabel" of me*
>>>> *   set the vis of fld "HLabel" of me to false*
>>>> *   set the vis of graphic "HBackground" of me to false*
>>>> *   put the dgControl of me into theGrid*
>>>> *   put the dgIndex of me into tindex*
>>>> *   if tindex is empty then *
>>>> *      put "error" into fld "HLabel" of me*
>>>> *      set the vis of fld "HLabel" of me to true*
>>>> *      set the vis of graphic "HBackground" of me to true*
>>>> *   else*
>>>> *      put the dgIndexes of theGrid into tlist*
>>>> *      set itemdel to comma*
>>>> *      put itemOffset(tindex,tlist) into myPosition*
>>>> *      If the dgindex of me = 1 then *
>>>> *         -- we have the first item so show a header*
>>>> *         set the vis of fld "HLabel" of me to true*
>>>> *         set the vis of graphic "HBackground" of me to true*
>>>> *      else*
>>>> *         put the dgline of me - 1 into previousIndex*
>>>> *         --item (myPosition -1) of tlist into previousIndex*
>>>> *         put the dgDataOfline[previousIndex] of me into theotherdata*
>>>> *         put  theotherdata["firstName"] & return after msg*
>>>> *         if the first char of theotherdata["FirstName"] <> the first
>>> char
>>>> of pDataArray["FirstName"] then*
>>>> *            -- we found a break so show a header*
>>>> *            set the vis of fld "HLabel" of me to true*
>>>> *            set the vis of graphic "HBackground" of me to true*
>>>> *         end if*
>>>> *      end if*
>>>> *   end if*
>>>> *end FillInData*
>>> 
>>> I'm curious, is there something in your email client, or in the
>>> copy-from-script-and-paste-into-email process that puts the asterisks
>>> before and after each line? It makes it hard to copy and paste such scripts
>>> to use them. Just wondering....
>>> 
>>> -- Peter
>>> 
>>> Peter M. Brigham
>>> pmbrig at gmail.com
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
>>> 
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