Geometry Manager

[Peter Haworth]

Just came across a little problem with this.  Assuming the dictionary is
correct, the resizeStach message is sent when a stack is resized via script
as well as when the user resizes it.  I have a circumstance where I resoze
the stack by scriopt but do not want the control resizing to happen.
 Strange but true!

First thought is to set some sort of global or cprop to indcate to the
resizeStack handler that it shouldn't do anything.

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>



On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:54 AM, J. Landman Gay
<jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> On 8/31/12 12:41 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
>> I'll write my
>> own resize stack handler to take care of it.
>>
>> Any pointers as to good techniques to do this?  I have 1 control that
>> needs
>> to be scaled horizontally and vertically and a couple of others that need
>> to be re-positioned.
>>
>
> With only three controls it should be easy. The basic idea is to just go
> through everything that needs changing, calculate either the new rectangle
> or the new location, and set it. It's purely grunt work, tedious but not
> hard.
>
> For the most flexibility, use ratios when resizing. I usually figure out
> what the ratio is for a control in my original layout and then use that for
> the calcuation. I.e., if a field should be a third of the vertical size of
> the card, then the ratio is .33. Multiply the card height by .33 and put
> appropriate values into the other three points of the rectangle; then set
> the rect. It all depends on your layout. Sometimes the width will remain
> constant, sometimes not. Sometimes you always want the left at 0, sometimes
> not.
>
> Repositioning works similarly. You can either change the topleft, or the
> location, or some other point, or you can use a ratio to calculate the new
> position (one-third of the way from top, for example) and set the topleft
> to that. Or set the left to the left of another object, or use any other
> reference that should line up.
>
> I suppose that's vague enough to confuse. :)
>
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> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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