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I’m not having much luck with this. If I put it like you suggest I get an error about not allowing strings here. "{parentPane
If I move the bracket, the error is not thrown, but my grid does not show up. "{parentPane
Ian,
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Ian,
The code should have been:
<mx:DataGrid height="{parentPanel.measuredHeight }-50"/>
-TH
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com , "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Ian,
>
> Still pluggin along I see. I'd be intrested to see your code when
your
> done.
>
> You could base the height of the grid on the panel container.
Adjust
> the height to compensate for the other controls in the panel above
the
> grid.
>
> <mx:DataGrid height="{myPanel.Height}-50" />
>
> -TH
>
>
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com , "Ian Skinner" <ian.skinner@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have a calendar of events type application I am building as a
> proposal to redo a venerable application with flex.
> >
> > I have the basic main page constructed and it work well with
just one
> minor annoyance. The main display consists of an absolute
application
> containing a single Panel. This panel is constrained to 25 pixels
from
> the top, bottom, left and right edges of the application container.
> >
> > The panel is also configured as an absolute layout, containing
an HBox
> container with navigation controls positioned at the top, a small
grid
> of the days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, ect.) below the HBox.
Then
> comes the meat of the display, a second grid containing all the
days of
> the displayed month each showing a list of events.
> >
> > This grid is where I am having difficulty. If I give it an
absolute
> height (300) it works the way I want in that a scroll bar is
generated
> allowing the user the scroll through all the days and events
inside the
> 300 pixel high box in the middle of the application. But then it
is hard
> coded to 300 pixels high meaning that if the browser display is
large
> enough a portion of the panel space is blank because the grid can
not
> expand to fill it.
> >
> > But if I give the grid less absolute positioning, either
percentages
> or position it's edges (top, bottom, ect) within the panel, the
size is
> not enforced. The entire application is expanded to contain all
the days
> and events and the entire application then scrolls. Thus losing the
> navigation controls off the top of the browser canvas when the user
> scrolls down.
> >
> > Is there some way to constrain the grid to a certain section of
the
> panel so that it grows and shrinks in relationship to the panel but
> still not allow it to grow in relationship to the number and size
of the
> rows and cells inside it?
> >
> >
> > --------------
> > Ian Skinner
> > Web Programmer
> > BloodSource
> > www.BloodSource.org
> > Sacramento, CA
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