Datagrids are very powerful, and free, but take a bit of work to master. Go here:
http://lessons.runrev.com/m/datagrid Download the manual. Make a few practice DG's. A datagrid is comprised of standard LC objects and behaviors. They have their own suite of commands and properties that are not listed in the dictionary. And again, your issue with LC are those of a new user who expects to be proficient without paying dues. LC is the most forgiving program of its kind on the planet for that sort of thing, but as Jacque said, there is a minimum of experience and hours required before that can ever happen. Once you are moderately at ease, you will indeed find that your intuition and expectations are often satisfied by LC, as if by magic. Your formatting issues are simple to fix. Show us what you did. We will advise what to change, and what you need to learn in that limited context. This will guide you in the future with the next 1000 issues that crop up as you learn how to drive. Craig Newman Keep at it-----Original Message----- From: Vaughn Clement <vclem...@gmail.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Thu, Sep 12, 2013 11:53 am Subject: Re: Field calculations Hi J. Landman Gay That is truly a wealth of information at that link. If I am to learn about any kind of app, and in the case of LiveCode the information is everywhere, and you need to find it where every it is hidden. In many cases the information like DataGrids is not available or it is tied to the purchase of an additional product. That is what I found with DataGrids. I want to learn more about a DataGrid because I am a database developer and it seemed like a good control to know about. I reviewed the DataGrid Helper product on the LC store and looked at the video on the developer site. But it was selling their product not allowing the user to use the control as it was in LC. I find it is best to understand the control rather than start using a custom product to do the tasks. It is the same thing with MobGui where the one of two reference books for LC uses MobGui for all of its descriptions to manage controls. A simple thing I am finding also is the dictionary in LC is not very good. Yesterday after I got the wrinkles out of my math scripts, I needed to format the fields with a money symbol and decimal spaces. The Format command gave me an error when I used it in my math script. The dictionary gives little in the way of script help to debug the reason why it did not work. I am finding this true of many of the dictionary descriptions. Maybe a developer will write a new dictionary stack for new users that includes sample code like the example you have at your link. Thank you for being so helpful Thank you Vaughn Clement Apps by Vaughn Clement (Support) *http://www.appsbyvaughnclement.com/tools/home-page/* Skype: vaughn.clement https://secure.join.me/appsbyvclement FaceTime: vclem...@gmail.com LogMeIn also avaialble Call on "ooVoo" at address: vaughnclement or 9282549062 Ph. 928-254-9062 Cloud Hosting Registration Web Site: https://my.oditech.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=41 On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Vaughn Clement <vclem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi J. Landman Gay > > I have seen your name on some of the stacks I have reviewed. Thank you for > the reference link it will surely help me. > > > Thank you > > Vaughn Clement > > Apps by Vaughn Clement (Support) > *http://www.appsbyvaughnclement.com/tools/home-page/* > Skype: vaughn.clement > https://secure.join.me/appsbyvclement > FaceTime: vclem...@gmail.com > LogMeIn also avaialble > Call on "ooVoo" at address: vaughnclement or 9282549062 > Ph. 928-254-9062 > Cloud Hosting Registration Web Site: > https://my.oditech.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=41 > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:11 PM, J. Landman Gay > <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > >> On 9/11/13 6:46 PM, Vaughn Clement wrote: >> >>> Hi Mark >>> >>> I have been reading everything for LiveCode for weeks, and I am reading >>> the >>> LC Academy up to chap 19, and thatis the first time this has come up >>> about >>> more than one mouseUp handler? Is this for the one control, button, card >>> or >>> only one for any control. >>> >> >> It takes a while to accumulate a certain critical mass of info. You may >> want to look at some old scripting conference stacks (from back when >> LiveCode was named Revolution) which were created by some of our gurus here >> to teach basic concepts in the right order: >> >> <http://www.hyperactivesw.com/**revscriptconf/**scriptingconferences.html<http://www.hyperactivesw.com/revscriptconf/scriptingconferences.html> >> > >> >> We prepared these for newcomers and they assume no previous knowledge. >> Start with the first, work through the first half or so in order, and then >> you can skip around depending on what you want to know. It's essential to >> understand the objects, the message hierarchy, and a few other basic >> concepts, and that was the goal when preparing these. >> >> -- >> 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
