Re: Message Sent when Resizing Widgets: Workaround

2023-12-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I wholeheartedly agree. But one of the most endearing qualities of Livecode, at least to me is that if something doesn’t work exactly the way I want, I can make something that does. The Datagrid is the offspring of this. I remember days when a lot of devs were clamoring for a table object that

Re: Message Sent when Resizing Widgets: Workaround

2023-12-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Bob, This is nice trick (and code) to use an overlayed button to get a widget to respond to standard messages. Impressive! I really think that Livecode Ltd. needs to prioritize adding a set of "standard" object messages to every current widget to address these 3 bugs (and their

Message Sent when Resizing Widgets: Workaround

2023-12-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I have a kind of custom group composed of a segmented widget and a transparent button the exact size of the widget, the purpose of which is to be able to handle messages that are otherwise not sent to the widget. In fact almost NO messages are sent to a widget, a source of some consternation

Re: PDF Widget and JavaScript

2023-12-29 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Thanks Ralph I figured as much. It’s actually not difficult to recreate from scratch if the structure, header and footer is known. The trouble is the fields. If I had a list of form controls for a given form, I could create one from scratch easily enough. The fillable forms have to be saved

RE: PDF Widget and JavaScript

2023-12-29 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
The last I knew the JavaScript engine is not implemented in the PDF widget. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Bob Sneidar via use-livecode