limitation on vScroll?

Josh Mellicker josh at dvcreators.net
Thu Jan 25 18:57:53 EST 2007


Thanks Trevor!

On Jan 25, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Trevor DeVore wrote:

> On Jan 25, 2007, at 1:55 PM, Josh Mellicker wrote:
>
>> I have a large scrolling group.
>>
>> If I set the vScroll of this group to 32780 (or any smaller  
>> number), no problem, works perfectly.
>>
>> If I set the vScroll of this group to 32781 (or any higher  
>> number), the vScroll is set to zero (and the group scroll jumps to  
>> the top).
>>
>> Not sure if this has anything to do with the below, just thought  
>> I'd include it in the off chance...
>>
>> So, anyone know wat up?
>
> Yep, groups won't scroll beyond that number.  It's a limitation in  
> the engine design.  What I have done in the past is split my groups  
> up into smaller segments and use code to scroll them in the proper  
> order.
>
> So if you split your group up into two segments then you would  
> scroll group 1 using a scroll bar control.  As the right edge of  
> group 1 entered the viewable area you would start scrolling group 2  
> along with it so that it appeared you had one big scrolling group.   
> Kind of a bummer.
>
>
> -- 
> Trevor DeVore
> Blue Mango Learning Systems - www.bluemangolearning.com
> trevor at bluemangolearning.com
>
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