Well then try something with the formattedHeight property. If the
formattedHeight is larger than the height of your field then set the
scrollbar to false, else to true etc.
>Kevin Miller stated:
>> This is just a minor glitch - the only workaround I know of for the moment
>> is to turn off the scrollbar if the text fits.
>
>
>Nah, it's not a minor glitch if I have to spend hours figuring out the best
>way to turn off the scrollbar for the HUNDREDS of fields in my project, due
>to go beta shortly. And having a scroll bar magically appear IF the text
>does not fit the field is a user interface violation in my book. Reason -
>fixed fields (ie without scroll bars) imply that you can only type a limited
>amount of text into an area (at least on the Mac), which of course I do not
>want to imply. And putting a scrollbar complete with draggable handle that
>DOES NOTHING if the text does not extend beyond the height of the field is
>even worse. I myself spend some time trying to drag the handle in the
>scroll bar and wondering why it wouldn't move.
>
>The fact is that anything that makes my program look unprofessional make ME
>look unprofessional. Attention to detail is very important in software
>design. Especially on the Mac, people get used to living in a predefined
>universe of rules, which make it easier to learn new programs. I know my
>customers, and as petty as my complaint sounds, I'm going to have to make
>excuses. And I haven't had to do that before with MetaCard. With
>HyperCard, in the "old" days, yes. Remember explaining to people why they
>couldn't put more than 32K in a field?
>
>Fortunately, I think I can safely step back down to version 2.3.1, which I
>know DOES draw scrollable fields properly. I only hope that the version of
>2.3.1 that I still have is the FAT binary version, or I'm in trouble.
>
>What I'm really more pissed about is the fact that somehow I didn't notice
>this bug until the last minute. I should've caught it much, much sooner.
>
>
>:)
>Richard MacLemale
>Instructional Technology Specialist
>James W. Mitchell High School
>
>
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