Dynamically Creating Buttons

[Chris Sheffield]

See the create command in the dictionary. Then just position using the location property or left, right, top, bottom properties as needed.

You might be better off populating a field or data grid, however, depending on your requirements.

Chris


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On May 28, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Graham Pearson <gspearson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been searching this mailing list and the forums at runrev for an
> answer before I post.
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> Without having any objects on a card, does anyone have notes on how to
> create a button and position it to the coordinates of 5,5
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> In my application, I am to the point now to taking each record from a
> database and creating a button for the user to select. The information
> from this loop will contain the text for the button and will allow for 5
> pixels of spacing between buttons.
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