conversion of field margins from older version to 8

[Ralph DiMola]

I'm late to the game here. I've been buried converting to LC 8 and have not
yet tried to figure this one out yet. This is because the margins on mobile
(iOS and Android) are still rendering the same as LC 6/7. For me this only
affect the IDE as I am not deploying to desktop. In the IDE the margins are
very large, like 10-20% on the top and bottom. I don't know about left and
right. I noticed the top/bottom margins immediately because I shade every
other line and I see only 75% of the lines in a same sized window. If I do
any global margin changes it will probably make mobile go sideways. I wanted
to report this as a bug this week but after this thread I'm going to have to
rethink this. I tried setting the margins in the message box but could not
get the text centered in the shaded areas, all I could do is cut off the top
or bottom of the text. I could reduce the margins and see 100% of the lines
I saw before but the text is jammed to the top or bottom or out of view.
Seeing that mobile was OK I was putting this off to a later date. I just
can't figure out this one and if I do how will it affect the mobile
presentation?

For me this is in the "Riddle me this Batman" territory.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net


-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Dr. Hawkins
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 7:26 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Subject: conversion of field margins from older version to 8

Among the quiet changes in 8 was a significant change in how field margins
are rendered, making many of my cards difficult to read.

Is there a simple script that can concert from old to new?

I suppose that this came about because the default margins and placement
were utterly inconsistent across filed sizes, but now I have thousands of
fields to deal with . . .

--
Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
(702) 508-8462
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