How do I create an Icon View

[mfstuart]

Hi Viktoras, anyone...
Thanx for the link, I've checked that out before - subscribed to the
newsletter. That example illustrates the left hand side of the form.

Really what I'm trying to do is the right hand side of the Icons View
display.
On either platform - OSX or WinXP - if you load the Finder or Win Explorer,
you can opt for the Icons View.
On the left hand side are the folders, on the right hand side are the
details of the selected folder, displayed as icons, with an associated name.
This right hand side is what I'm trying to build.

Would someone kindly describe how to do this?

Thanx,
Mark Stuart




Viktoras Didziulis wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> if I understood you correctly, you need a field which displays contents 
> of a folder (table, database, etc) in a list where icons indicate the 
> type of a resource displayed.
> 
> Basically you will need to "set the imageSource of char 1 to yourimg" 
> for each line in a field describing a resource. If you wish to show it 
> in 2 or 3 columns - just insert tabs where appropriate, "set the 
> itemdelimiter to tab", and "set the imageSource of char 1 to yourimg"  
> for each item...
> 
> An example that might serve you as a source of ideas is described (and 
> can be downloaded and reused) at
> http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/september/issue32/newsletter3.php
> 
> Viktoras
> 
> 
> mfstuart wrote:
>> If I may explain a little more...
>> I would like the display to behave like the Icons View. This view is
>> loaded
>> dynamically from say the contents of a folder, or selected rows in a SQL
>> database, or whatever the criteria. Even links to PDF files. User clicks
>> on
>> the icon and the script launches and opens the file.
>>
>> If I were to load each of the icons (an image) and icon text name
>> dynamically onto a form, what kind of container (or object) would I load
>> them into? A table object?
>> Would the contents be something like...?
>> First row:
>> Load the table object with an icon then TAB (as the delimiter) then icon,
>> etc., with the row height say upto something like 80.
>> Alternate row:
>> Name of the icon TAB (as delimiter) then icon, etc.
>>
>> Is this how to approach it?
>>
>> And would I have to set the property of this table object to HTMLtext, or
>> something? Not sure.
>>
>> Thanx again,
>> Mark Stuart
>> ============================================================
>>
>> Björnke von Gierke wrote:
>>   
>>> You need buttons which have an icon, but no showBorder, threeD and no  
>>> hiliteBorder. Look them up in the docu, as well as the icons & border  
>>> part of the inspector.
>>>
>>> On 14 Nov 2007, at 21:46, mfstuart wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> On Mac and Win platforms, the Explorer and Finder have an Icon View.
>>>> Where each icon (and icon name) appear in a grid type of layout?
>>>>
>>>> How would I create this type of layout with RunRev?
>>>>
>>>> Thanx,
>>>> Mark Stuart
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