Re: form developer

danchik schrieb in Nachricht <3890DDCB.4E1D99E1_at_deepwell.com>...
>the set_xx_properties are for the properties that actually exist on the
>item....(wheather it is a button or displayitem or anything else)..... for
>example:
>diplayitem has a property to choos bevel (lowered, raised, flat...so on..)
>but has no label property... where as the button has label but has no bevel
>selection....

>see, if i could select a bevel state of a button, I could at least control
>how it is displayed on a form.... so that if i want it to show as pushed, i
>would set the bevel to lowered .... thus having 20 buttons on a page i can
>have one at a time be checked: sort of like the callendar would use it when
>you click on a day -- that day would be inset....and the other days would
>look like buttons....

>say for example : display item does not have a LABEL property... how would
I
>add it... so that I can set it and have the ability for it to be
>displayed....

I start to understand a little - lets experiment ... do text_items carry the properties you need ? (i dont have forms installed in my office *g*)
if yes: make them non db-based control block items, populate em with the text you want them to show and switch theit properties accordingly ... or prepare items layed out accordingly and switch visibilities between them (a bit clumbsy, i know, but if you need it ... ) ... or combine the items you need in a 'orderly fashion' and switch their attributes ...

>yes, but the 'text' goes under graphics of canvas...not under the datablock
>and thus can not be assosiated with a trigger.... (let me know if I am
>mistaking, cuz I might be able to use that)

dont understand that currently -

can you give me the details of the application problem ? what do you intend to do ?

regards Received on Fri Jan 28 2000 - 04:06:45 CST