data grid error - Error description: Chunk: can't find background

André Bisseret andre.bisseret at wanadoo.fr
Thu Jun 28 03:05:40 EDT 2012


James,

Replacing "DataGrid1" with "DataGrid 1" (with space) gives the same (good) result 

André


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> De : André Bisseret <andre.bisseret at wanadoo.fr>
> Date : 28 juin 2012 08:29:59 HAEC
> À : How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Objet : Rép : data grid error - Error description: Chunk: can't find background
> 
> Bonjour James,
> 
> Here with a data grid "Datagrid1" without space before 1
> and 5 columns named :
> - name
> - filename
> - display_page
> - current_book
> - id
> a copy of your script populates the data grid as expected ; no problem ;-))
> 
> Best regards from Grenoble
> 
> André
> 
> 
> Le 27 juin 2012 à 19:32, James Hale a écrit :
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have finally got around to using the DataGrid.
>> 
>> I have an array that I want to display in a datagrid
>> I have dragged one on to the current card, named it "datagrid1" and set the column names.
>> 
>> as an example:
>> 
>> put "fred" into theRecordsB[1][name]
>> put "fred file" into theRecordsB[1][filename]
>> put "a page" into theRecordsB[1][display_page]
>> put "yes" into theRecordsB[1][current_book]
>> put "1234" into theRecordsB[1][id]
>> 
>> set the dgData of group "DataGrid1" to theRecordsB
>> 
>> 
>> When I run this I get the following error:
>> 
>> Message execution error:
>> Error description: Chunk: can't find background
>> Hint: 
>> 
>> What does this mean?
>> What background?
>> 
>> Apart from setting the column names in the Datagrid object, is there something else I should have done?
>> 
>> 
>> James
>> 
>> 
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