Thank you for your suggestions. It sounds like I may need to go for training to learn how to do this though, which I've been considering. I try not to embed anything however, so if something happens to me, it's easier for someone else to find their way around. My documentation is always lagging. I'm just surprised there seems to be a limitation on the drop-downs in Windows XP.
From: Steve Johnson <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 6:53 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: no scroll bars in Rbase 9.5 Help &application windown Patti: Rather than use the application wizard to build menu structures (or importing existing application menus), which was ok in 7.5, consider building your menus using a form with "bit" buttons. The "bit" buttons (that can be customized for size, color, effects, etc) can contain either an external command file or an embedded command file that will do what you want the application option to do. Embedded files are nice because it eliminates the individual external files within a directory, so the application from a file level is minimal and clean and the embedded files move with the form (and database files) if copied. Add the options of EEP's and the property commands, you can do things with 9.5 you never thought you could. With a form based menu, you can have many menu choices on one screen at a time, logically grouped, which my staff love. Of course, you can have your menu choices bring up another form with its own set of menu options if you prefer menu nesting or is needed by the overall application design. While it may take some work to re-build the individual command files to replace the old "application" interface, the possibilities with form based menus seem limitless. I am not much of a fan of drop down menus, but this depends on the application. S Johnson At 09:37 AM 2/15/2013, you wrote: My laptop for work has no internet connection. > >I noticed another problem. My main application has 10 drop-down menus. In >7.6, they wrapped around on 3 lines at the top of my application window. In >9.5, they are limited to only the top line. And even if I maximize the >window, only 8 of the drop down menus fit across the scren. I looked at just >about every property of Applications and can't see any way to get them to wrap >the way they did in 7.6. Is there a limit to how many drop downs you can have >in 9.5? >Thanks, >Patti > >From: A. Razzak Memon <[email protected]> >To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 12:34 AM >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: no scroll bars in Rbase 9.5 Help > >At 12:03 AM 2/15/2013, Patti Jakusz wrote: > >> We're updating from Rbase 7.6 to 9.5. As a developer, I'm using a laptop >> with Windows XP with service pack 3. I was just trying to go thru testing >> and conversion. But when I look at help topics, there are no vertical >> scroll bars on the windows. The text continues below the edge of my screen, >> but I have no way of seeing it. My icons are all small and my resolution is >> 1024 by 768. I tried changing it to 1920 by 1440, but my whole desktop >> disappears. Is there any way I can get scroll bars on the help topics so I >> can actually read them? > >Patti, > >First, congratulations on upgrading from 7.6 to 9.5! > >Without knowing all details, hardware specifications, screen resolution and >limitations, in your specific situation, you may take advantage of Online Help. > >http://www.rsyntax.com/rbg95/ > >Hope that helps! > >Very Best R:egards, > >Razzak. > >http://www.rbase.com/ >www.facebook.com/rbase > > >
