properties vs local variable

Peter Haworth pete at lcsql.com
Mon Mar 10 18:43:52 EDT 2014


If I remember the genesis of all this correctly, Terence wants to use a
table made up of individual fields for each column because, amongst other
things, you can't right justify data within a tabstop.

Pete
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:12 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> On 3/10/14, 4:41 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
>> Some folks on this list have shown me in the past how to create an image
>> with its fillgradient set in such a way that it has alternating lines in
>> the required colors at the same height as the line height you are dealing
>> with, then setting it as a backgroundpattern.
>>
>
> Somewhere along the way I missed the idea that we're only setting line
> colors. Is that all we're doing? It could all be a single field if that's
> the case and the entire content could be updated in one go.
>
> If that's the goal, it can all be scripted in a single field. You don't
> need the background image hack any more. The new field properties can
> handle it. I've got a handler somewhere that does it, but I have to go dig
> it up.
>
>
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