Re: overlapping subforms

2018-03-21 Thread Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech
Hey Piotr, On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 2:50 AM, Piotr Chabot Stadhouders via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > another approach that results in the same UI. > I have converted the parent form, with 23 programmatically build listboxes > on it that are show/hidden, into a parent form with 7

RE: overlapping subforms

2018-03-21 Thread Piotr Chabot Stadhouders via 4D_Tech
4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > Onderwerp: Re: overlapping subforms > > Piotr, > This sounds like a creative use of subforms. But it also sounds pretty > complex. > So the first thought I offer is to look at what you are trying to do and be > sure > usin

Re: overlapping subforms

2018-03-20 Thread Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech
Piotr, This sounds like a creative use of subforms. But it also sounds pretty complex. So the first thought I offer is to look at what you are trying to do and be sure using subforms in actually the best solution. It may be but there may also be another approach that results in the same UI. For

RE: overlapping subforms

2018-03-20 Thread Piotr Chabot Stadhouders via 4D_Tech
2018 17:08 > Aan: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > Onderwerp: Re: overlapping subforms > > If I understand you correctly, you have 3 subforms visible and want them to > remain visible when you make a 4th subform visible on top of them? However, > when you open

Re: overlapping subforms

2018-03-19 Thread John Baughman via 4D_Tech
If I understand you correctly, you have 3 subforms visible and want them to remain visible when you make a 4th subform visible on top of them? However, when you open the form and click the button to make it visible it appears behind the other 3 forms. I just tested the above scenario and after

Re: overlapping subforms

2018-03-19 Thread Randy Jaynes via 4D_Tech
I have a form with 3 subform container objects sitting on top of each other. I just use OBJECT SET VISIBLE to hide the ones that don’t need to be seen at the moment. They all occupy the same space on the parent form, so because I hide the 2 not needed, the ordering on the form does not matter.