Thanks guys. Both Scott Rossi's solution and Bernd's were really well done.
In the end I chose modTableField which does everything I want... (and was about to go through the pain of creating...) This thing is FAST and really well designed. Thank you Bernd! Scott's has a beautiful UI but Bernd's will require few changes by me. I'm working with exported Filemaker tabbed data... and my previous data format using the datagrid used the same format: headers on first line, tab delimited, return delimited records, with returns in fields turned into linefeeds (or is it vertical tabs?), just like Filemaker exports I went a bit further with my own text file 'standard' , putting a tab delimited line at the bottom holding column widths which get set on load. Easy to add. But again Bernd's auto-sizing really works fine and I may not do that. A quick question about Filemaker 12 text Exports - why doesn't FM provide an option to add field names to the first line on export to CSV (which is a misnomer as I use the tab option)?? I have to add the field names manually to the resultant text file. Odd because other export options like 'merge' DO add field names. Is this a bug in Filemaker? I'm exporting data out of Filemaker because I'm doing a tape archive and need to do things like a multiple non-contiguous search of all records from a dialog box and FM won't do that. I also need to clean up some Unicode crapola that didn't get translated. Then I need to import the whole mess back into Filemaker (which does accept first line field headers..!!) -- although this solution is so good it may end up being the final database... On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > > Exactly. There Bernd adds a nice header above a standard LC list field, > very nicely done. > > Eating my own dog food I did a quick search in Google for "modTableField" > and turned up his repository: > <http://berndniggemann.on-rev.com/modTableField/> > Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org _______________________________________________ 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
