The key here is > But a table field would (if it worked) be much better. It is a question of field management, or cells within a table. The Rev table object is very difficult to manipulate and get a decent user experience.
You mentioned column resizing, which would mean tab stop management in a table object, or padding with spaces in a single field and you said > (did it in hypercard all the time by aligning the report and getting > the clickword, then checking for a sign). In my opinion, this would be better than trying to use the current table object. My attempts to use it have been far from what I would want to use, let alone put in front of a user. Data in cells can appear partially hidden, over the top of other cells, etc. Perhaps you should give it a go and see what you think. You might find that you like the table object and it does what you want. Someone else may have a different answer and perhaps an example stack of the code loops they use to control the table object. Jim Ault Las Vegas On 2/23/07 7:47 AM, "John Runde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Jim. > > I also may not have explained what I need very well. > > All i want to do is have a table where i can click on an item > and identify the line & item# that was clicked on, and can drill down > for the user for the details on that item. > > For example, a monthly financial report: > > Column 1 (item 1) would hav categories (of revenue...say) > Row 1 (line 1) would have the months of the year, starting with > column 2... 12 months (Jan, Feb....Dec) > > (you can see that line 1, item 1 would not be used) > > I would then fill that grid with the summary of revenue data for the > monthly report > User wants to see why category "Misc Revenue" was so high in July, > Misc Revenue is line 10, July is column 8 (item 8) > He/she clicks on that number. > click populates cell 1,1 with "10,8" > I then have code that goes puts the category (item 1 of line 10) into > "theCategory" > and the month (item 8 of line 1) into "theMonth" > code then goes to the source document and finds all the entries for > theCategory that originated in month theMonth > I then pop up a stub stack and populate it with those transactions. > > Real simple. I can't believe it is as hard as it is, unless I am > missing something. > (did it in hypercard all the time by aligning the report and getting > the clickword, then checking for a sign). > But a table field would (if it worked) be much better. > > > Thanks, > john > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
