On Monday, Sept 13 1999, David C. Tremmel wrote: > I'm new to the list, so forgive me if this has already been covered. > > I am writing an application that, in part, allows users to choose what > information they would like to see displayed from a text file containing > many possible choices. I first wrote this using a scrolling field set to > list behavior, so that by selecting a line in the field the user could > display the information about what was on that line. This was done with > the field's script, and it worked fine. > > However, I wanted to use a button - set to a pop-up or other type of menu - > as the method for making this selection. I did this, and copied the script > with some minor modifications (since I was dealing with a button, not a > field, and which I know work) to the button. However, now the script will > not work. The problem appears to be that the result gets set to "eof" the > very first time it reads from the file, even though it should take over > thirty reads before it reaches the end of the file. This of course kicks > me out of my read loop & informs me that it couldn't find what I was > looking for. However, the field script in the same stack (!) works great. > I've tried the button as a pulldown, popup, option, and even combobox, all > with the same result. Is something going on with the "result" constant > that I don't understand? Could you possibly post the script? > Also, I have a problem with pulldown, popup, and option buttons. If they > have more choices than can be accomodated on the screen, those choices > beyond the bottom edge of the screen cannot be selected. Normally, moving > the mouse to the bottom of the popup would cause the menu to scroll so you > could get to the hidden choices, but this does not occur in MetaCard. I > can only do this with a ComboBox, but I really don't want to use this > because there's no way to keep the user from editing in the box, which I > don't want them to do. I'm using version 2.2.5 on a Mac, System 8.6. 2.2.5 doesn't support scrolling menus. You can workaround this by using the free scripted scrolling menu utility on our web site, or waiting until 2.3 is released, which will have native scrolling menu support on all platforms. Regards, Kevin > Any insights would be greatly appreciated. > > David Tremmel Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.xworlds.com/> Cross Worlds Computing, MetaCard Distributors, Custom Development. Tel: +44 (0)131 672 2909. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707.
