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 lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:12 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@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. > > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
