Yes it looks like I would need to create a filter to account for all the datagrid objects... this would work but I will have to remember never to create a group that starts with "dg".
thanks. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> wrote: > Hi Glen, > I haven't found a way to exclude them from being returned by any of the > standard methods of looping through the controls in a script but I have > managed to identify which controls are part of the datagrid. > > If it helps, you can see the structure of a datagrid by selecting it, then > in the message box, type: > > set the selectgroupedcontrols of selobj() to true > > Then select the card that the datagrid is on in the Application browser (if > it's already selected, you'll probably have to refresh the right pane by > right-clicking and selecting refresh. > > Your datagrid won't work until you restore it to normal condition by "set > the selectgroupedcontrols of selobj() to false" > > You'll see that many (but not all) of the datagrid controls have names that > begin with "dg" so you can start by excluding those. After that, you have > to deal with any columns that you have customised to contain controls and > the column headings since they won't have names that begin with "dg" > (unless you force yourself to do that). I do that by checking if either > "dgList" or "dgHeader" is in the long name of the control. So far that has > worked reliably for me. > > Hope that helps. > > > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Glen Bojsza <gboj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a stack with a single card and several objects that I have placed > on > > it ... including a datagrid. > > > > In the application browser it shows 58 controls for the card (all the > ones > > I expected). > > > > From script > > > > put the number of controls of card 1 of this stack > > > > I get 202 controls (which I would guess has to do with the datagrid). > > > > Is it possible via script to get the same controls that the Application > > browser reports? > > > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
