Hi André, Why not using a template instead of a copy paste?
Happy new year to you too ;) -Zryip the Slug- wish you the best! 8) 2010/1/3 Andre.Bisseret <andre.bisse...@inria.fr>: > Bonjour Trevor (and all) > > I have an old app I built in HC, then I converted in Rev. and that I am > using quite a lot. > Now, I am transforming it in a true Rev app ;-)) > > On each card on a stack I have a background including, among other objects, > a table whose columns are made with grouped scrolling fields (an old > solution ;-) > > I would like to replace this with a data grid. > > My first attempt was to put a data grid in the background, expecting I could > populate it with specific data on each card. > > But seems this is not possible. When doing "new card", I get a data grid on > the new card, > - without the columns headers, which is not a big issue, > - but when I populate the data grid on the new card the data grid on the > previous one is emptied > > So I understand that in fact, the data grid which is replicated on each > card can be populated only on the current card. > > In other word including a data grid in a group with background behavior set > to true seems not a good idea. I found an answer from Trevor in the archives > that seems to confirm that. > ------------- > "If you want to have different data on each card (I assume you are sharing > the data grid across cards) then you would need to: > a) Load the data into the data grid on open card each time a card opens. > b) Create separate data grids for each card." > ------------- > In my case, I can't do a), I have to do b) > > Then, I red the lesson which explains how to create a data grid through > script. > > But I am trying to avoid re-defining for each new card, the properties of > the data grid (columns, their names and labels, their width etc. > > So my later trial is as follow : > > I create a data grid "dataGrid" (with all needed properties defined) on the > first card of the stack. > I don"t include it in the background of this first card > > Then, when I create a new card I do : > > copy grp "DataGrid" of cd 1 of this stack > paste > set the dgText of grp "DataGrid" to empty > > So I get a data grid (with the same name) on each new card ready to be > specifically populated for this card. > > Seems to work well :-) > > Trevor, is this a good way to go or are there some warning against it? > > Thanks a lot in advance for any advice > > Heureuse année 2010 > 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