Typesetting Fields

[Brian Milby]

Well, I was just about to suggest that, so I’m not sure what else. But I’m
fairly new around here.
On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 10:25 PM Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via
use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> and I am hoping not to deal bloated htmltext, like using template
>
> <p align="center" spacebelow="12"><font size="18" color="#DE3E42">LESSON
> [[tChapterNum]]</font></p>
> <p align="center" spacebelow="0"><font size="18">[[tSubtitle]]</font></p>
> <p align="center" spacebelow="1"><font size="18" color="#63AE33"><img
> src="51276" char="@"></font></p>
>
>
>
> ------------
>     Until we get scrolling working in a datagrid, (on mobile) and also we
> want it keep simple, I frequently need to create a runtime list from the
> database.
>
>     But the "typesetting tools" in Livecode depend on a field being
> present. e.g.
>     ------
>     set the textAlign of line 1 of field "myField" to right
>     --------
>     Currently you can
>
>     lockscreen,
>         # populate the fld with all kinds of "tweaking" to look nice
>     unlockscreen
>
>     But I was looking for a method, similar to the advice
>
>     "get all you data in a variable and then show in a field"
>
>     So that the field gets a single pixel update
>
>     Is there a similar method to this with a field,  where it all laid out
> ahead of time; and "bingo"  you popular the field in one go  without
> lockscreen?
>
>     BR
>
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