>For sortable colum/table widget, here is a solution:
> 1. Create a field
> 2. In the field's properties dialog box:
> Set the hGrid and vGrid to true
> Enter tab stops in the Tabstops field
> (50,90,130,170 as example)
> 3. Enter information in the field one row at a time, by hitting tab key
> for each colum in a row. Hit return key when you come to the end of
> row. Cursor takes you to the next row in the field
> 4. Put a button above or below each column
> 5. Script for sorting the field by colum in each button will be:
>
> sort lines of field "myField" by word 1 of each
> (sort each line/row by first colum)
>
>
>or
>
> sort lines of field "myFidle" by word 3 of each
> (sort each line/row by 3rd colum)
>
>You can also set the itemDelimiter to "tab" and sort by items if your
>items must be able to have spaces in them.
>
>Blair Moxon
I've used the sorting and it works well - as you say you can use tab
delimited material as well.
Cheers
Peter
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