Scrolling List Field/Table

[Peter Haworth]

They're pretty simple tables, single line rows, 3 or 4 columns.  I'll play
around with the new stuff.

So is the generic format something like:

set the textalign of line 3 of filed "xyz" to "right".

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



On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:17 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> On 11/15/12 8:27 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
>> Well, I guess understanding the new paragraph features is going to take a
>> while.  Not even sure what a paragraph is in the context of a scrolling
>> list field - is every line a paragraph? Also not sure if I can replicate a
>> table exactly since I want to have the ability to scroll vertically.
>>
>
> Every line is a paragraph, which corresponds to a row. You can turn on
> vgrid and hgrid for a range of lines instead of the whole field if you want
> to simulate cells. Lines can have their own background colors now. You can
> inset text from the margins and the grids with the padding property, or the
> spaceAbove/spaceBelow properties, or the different indent properties.
> Because all of this is just lines in a field, you dont need to do anything
> to manage scrolling, it will just work.
>
> What type of table are you reproducing? If it's just tabbed text, it
> shouldn't be too hard. You can also use imagesources in the lines if you
> need images.
>
> There is a new "soft" return that allows you to have multiple visible
> lines in a paragraph, even though the script will treat it as a single
> line. I don't see a way to make that work within tabbed "cells" though, it
> applies only to whole lines. If you need multiple lines per cell then it
> probably won't work too well.
>
> I'm using several of these features in my current project and they work
> great. Maybe that's why I'm so enthusiastic about them.
>
>
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