Thanks Mike, will do. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:08 PM, <m...@doub.com> wrote:
> Pete, take a look at the datagrid tutorials. If I recall correctly there > are explanations and examples for how to manage non-fixed height rows of a > datagrid. > > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> > Sender: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:48:40 > To: How to use LiveCode<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Reply-To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Subject: Re: Carriage Return in datagrid data > > Hi Mike, > Thanks, yes I'm familiar with using dgData - it was how the data looks in > the datagrid that I wasn't sure of. > > I did an experiment with a single column datagrid, loading some text plus a > carriage return, plus more text into via dgData. What happens is that all > of the text after the carriage return gets lost because of the fixed row > height of the datagrid (it's still there of course, just can't see it). > > On the other hand, if I use the VT character to replace the carriage > return, the text is visible in the datagrid column (at least up to its > width) and I see the VT character in the string. > > Hope that makes sense. Basically if the text is > > abc > def > ghi > > ....then leaving the returns in there shows me only "abc" but using the VY > character shows me "abc<VT>def<VT>ghi" so all the data is visible. I could > increase the row height of course but not all the rows I'm displaying will > have carriage returns in them so would be wasting some datagrid space. > > Either way, I probably will convert to using dgData instead of dgText. I > kinda prefer using dgData but it's just an extra step to convert what comes > back from the database into an array when it's already in dgText format. > > Pete > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Michael Doub <m...@doub.com> wrote: > > > > > Let say we have a variable Contacts where each line has 4 tab delimited > > fields: RecID, Name, Age, BirthDay > > The following builds the dgData array. The first index controls the > order > > of what is displayed in the datagrid. > > If you look closely you will see that it[Counter] = pDataArray that you > > deal with in the Row Behaviour script. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Mike > > > > > > Global Contacts > > on openCard > > local x; > > local Counter; put 1 into counter > > put empty into it > > set itemdel to tab > > repeat for each line x in Contacts > > put item 1 of x into it[Counter]["RecID"] > > put item 2 of x into it[Counter]["Name"] > > put item 3 of x into it[Counter]["Age"] > > put item 4 of x into it[Counter]["Birthday"] > > add 1 to counter > > end repeat > > set the dgData of group "SetGroup" to it > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > -- > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
