Mark, I actually tried this first, but it did not solve my issue.
The only way I could get the HTMLviewer to refresh was by setting it's width to something smaller than the content it was displaying. I can see what you are saying, but in my case this is not an issue because it is a full screen kiosk type application. - Tom On 26/02/2007, at 3:26 PM, Mark Levinson wrote: > > On Feb 23, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Tom Benson wrote: > >> Just thought I'd let anyone who cares know >> >> If you are having refresh issues with the content of an HTMLviewer (I >> have mulitple overlapping instances on different page panel pages), >> then the answer is to set any of the instances that are not showing >> to have a width of zero. >> >> ie, in a pagepanels changed event >> >> dim n as integer >> >> for n = 0 to me.controlCount -1 >> if me.control(n) isa HTMLviewer and HTMLviewer(me.control >> (n)).pagepanelIndex <> me.value then >> HTMLviewer(me.control(n)).width = 0 >> else >> HTMLviewer(me.control(n)).width = desired width >> end >> next >> > > > Tom: > > Yes, this works, but the danger of this method is what happens if the > user resizes the window while > you are "hiding" some of your viewers. If your viewer objects are > locked to the > width/heighth of the window, and the user resizes the window, the > hidden > viewers suddenly become wider (the width is no longer 0) and become > partially visible (very ugly!). > > A better method might be to move the viewers where they cannot ever > be seen by setting > their top/left coordinates to large negative numbers, which > effectively displays them > somewhere far, far away....where the user will never see them. > > Now when the user resizes the window, they will still not be visible > on the screen > until you move them back into position...........but, they are still > resized correctly! > > if ......... > HTMLviewer (me.control(n)). left) = -20,000 > else > HTMLviewer (me.control(n)). left) = leftMargin //where > you want it shown > end if > > By using large negative numbers, you are guaranteed that this method > will not break if the screens > become larger/higher resolution in the future > > BTW, this method also works for showing/hiding *any* control....... > > Mark Levinson, MD > Hutchinson, KS > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
