--- Jim Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Why not sort the hilitedLines first? > > > > Thanks Jan but, the line order has to > > remain as is, or else my users > > would get distracted/confused by > > the visual effect. > > Nicolas, > > Jan's handler doesn't sort the actual contents of > your list, just a > copy of the hilitedLines. > So, the list's line order and its display remain > unaffected. The user > will simply see their selected lines disappear, > which is the desired > behavior. > > I remember being totally stumped in the early > HyperCard days by the > same problem - how to delete a container's lines in > a repeat loop? It > didn't seem possible, because as soon as you deleted > a line the line > numbers would change and you'd end up deleting lines > you should have > kept. I tried all sorts of complex gyrations, > including actually > inserting numbers before the lines! Then a kind > soul, Steve Nelson I > think, advised, "Just work backwards." So simple! It > taught me a > bigger lesson. Sometimes a solution appears when you > just flip the > problem upsidedown. > > Jim Lambert >
Is that because when you turn it upside down, all the problems fall out? :-) Jan Schenkel. Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution <http://www.quartam.com> ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
