> > One bit of confusion for me is that there is no dgText property set visible > here. The syntax
probably a setprop handler. ------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/12/15 Jim Ault <jimaultw...@yahoo.com> > One valuable technique for understanding the DataGrid inner workings. > > In Rev, choose the pointer tool, click on a data grid, then go the > inspector, choose 'custom properties' from the drop down, > > and now check out the property sets. You should see dgProps and dgCache > Note all the properties that have been created when the data grid was > created. > Of course you can edit the values here, but you can also change them in > script lines. > > One bit of confusion for me is that there is no dgText property set visible > here. The syntax > > set the dgText [ true ] of group "DataGrid" to tHeaders > > would logically mean that there would be a custom property set "dgText" > > Interesting if you click on dgProps "row template" you will see: > group id 1011 of card id 1010 of stack "Data Grid Templates 1260751174078" > > ...at least in my version of Rev 3.5 > > Hope this helps in your travels. > > Jim Ault > Las Vegas > > > > > On Dec 15, 2009, at 3:18 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote: > > Bonjour Jim, Trevor and others on this thread ;-) >> >> Le 14 déc. 09 à 19:11, James Hurley a écrit : >> ... >> >>> >>> Trevor (and Andre.Bisseret), >>> >>> Thanks you for the very thoughtful reply(s). >>> >>> It is heartening to see something defended by its parent. My sincere >>> apologies for treating your offspring in such a quick and dirty fashion :-) >>> I'm sure I will appreciate the richness of this new Run Rev object in >>> time--see below. >>> >>> FIrst to satisfy my quick and dirty needs, I find that the following >>> works well to get data displayed in a data grid field: >>> >>> on mouseUp >>> put field "data" into tData --Tab delimited text >>> --The first line of tData contains the column names >>> put line 1 of tData into tHeaders >>> replace tab with cr in tHeaders >>> set dgProp["Columns"] of group "DataGrid" to tHeaders --Thanks to Andre >>> for this line. >>> set the dgText [ true ] of group "DataGrid" to tData >>> end mouseUp >>> >>> Your handler above, confirmed by Trevoir, helped me a lot to understand >> the possible uses of pFirstLineContainsHeaders. >> In order to learn more about data grid, I tried several variations, I put >> below in case it could interest someone : >> >> local tData,tHeaders, >> -- field "data" = lines of tab delimited text -- a Data Grid "DataGrid" >> with 3 columns >> ------------ >> >> -- 1 ) IF THE LINE OF HEADERS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE DATA (AS I AM >> ACCUSTOMED TO) >> -- 1.1) WITHOUT USING pFirstLineContainsHeaders; WORKS: >> on mouseUp >> put "header1" & cr & "header2" & cr & "header3" into tHeaders >> set the dgProp["columns"] of grp "DataGrid" to tHeaders >> put fld "data" into tData >> set the dgText of group "DataGrid" to tData >> end mouseUp >> >> -- 1.2) USING pFirstLineContainsHeaders: USELESS BUT WORKS :-))) >> on mouseUp >> put "header1" & cr & "header2" & cr & "header3" into tHeaders >> set the dgProp["columns"] of grp "DataGrid" to tHeaders >> put fld "data" into tData >> set the dgText[false] of group "DataGrid" to tData >> end mouseUp >> >> -- 2) IF, FOR SOME REASON, THE LINE OF HEADERS IS INCLUDED IN THE DATA >> (FIRST LINE) >> -- 2.1) WITHOUT USING pFirstLineContainsHeaders: WORKS: >> on mouseUp >> put field "data" into tData >> put line 1 of tData into tHeaders >> replace tab with cr in tHeaders >> set dgProp["Columns"] of group "DataGrid" to tHeaders >> delete line 1 of tData >> set the dgText of group "DataGrid" to tData >> end mouseUp >> >> -- 2.2) USING pFirstLineContainsHeaders: WORKS: >> on mouseUp -- the handler from Jim >> put field "data" into tData >> put line 1 of tData into tHeaders >> replace tab with cr in tHeaders >> set dgProp["Columns"] of group "DataGrid" to tHeaders --Thanks to Andre >> for this line. >> set the dgText [ true ] of group "DataGrid" to tData >> end mouseUp >> ------------------------------------------------- >> -- indeed, in all these handlers, it's possible to directly set the >> dgText of grp "datagrid" to fld "data" (but less fast, I guess, specially if >> it contains a lot of lines) >> -------------------------------------------------- >> AS FOR THE SYNTAX OF pFirstLineContainsHeaders >> OK: set the dgText[true] >> nevertheless: >> put true into pFirstLineContainsHeaders >> set the dgText[pFirstLineContainsHeaders] of grp "datagrid" to true >> works as well, but useless, OK :-) >> >> set the pFirstLineContainsHeaders of grp "datagrid" to true does not work >> as that is creating a custom prop; OK :-)) >> >> I am a bit slow-witted but I am beginning to understand quite what this >> pFirstLineContainsHeaders can do ;-o))))) >> >> Thanks to both of you, >> >> André >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution