Can you lock messages prior to resizing and unlock them afterwards? Bob
On Aug 31, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Just came across a little problem with this. Assuming the dictionary is > correct, the resizeStach message is sent when a stack is resized via script > as well as when the user resizes it. I have a circumstance where I resoze > the stack by scriopt but do not want the control resizing to happen. > Strange but true! > > First thought is to set some sort of global or cprop to indcate to the > resizeStack handler that it shouldn't do anything. > > Pete > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:54 AM, J. Landman Gay > <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > >> On 8/31/12 12:41 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: >> >>> I'll write my >>> own resize stack handler to take care of it. >>> >>> Any pointers as to good techniques to do this? I have 1 control that >>> needs >>> to be scaled horizontally and vertically and a couple of others that need >>> to be re-positioned. >>> >> >> With only three controls it should be easy. The basic idea is to just go >> through everything that needs changing, calculate either the new rectangle >> or the new location, and set it. It's purely grunt work, tedious but not >> hard. >> >> For the most flexibility, use ratios when resizing. I usually figure out >> what the ratio is for a control in my original layout and then use that for >> the calcuation. I.e., if a field should be a third of the vertical size of >> the card, then the ratio is .33. Multiply the card height by .33 and put >> appropriate values into the other three points of the rectangle; then set >> the rect. It all depends on your layout. Sometimes the width will remain >> constant, sometimes not. Sometimes you always want the left at 0, sometimes >> not. >> >> Repositioning works similarly. You can either change the topleft, or the >> location, or some other point, or you can use a ratio to calculate the new >> position (one-third of the way from top, for example) and set the topleft >> to that. Or set the left to the left of another object, or use any other >> reference that should line up. >> >> I suppose that's vague enough to confuse. :) >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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<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 _______________________________________________ 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
