Tuesday, September 3, 2002
From The Edge: Using Panels and Splitters in R:BASE 7.0 Form Designer Section: Form Designer Chapter: Running R:BASE Your Way! Platform: R:BASE 7.0 for Windows Build: 1.855xRT03 and Higher Among so many controls, R:BASE 7.0 for Windows Form Designer also includes the option of Panel and Splitter. Use Panel to put an empty panel on a form. Panels have properties for providing a beveled border around the control, as well as methods to help manage the placement of child controls embedded in the panel. You can also use panels to group controls together, similar to the way you can use a group box, but with a beveled border (or no border) rather than the group box outline. Panels are typically used for groups of controls within a single form. Splitter divides the client area of a form into re-sizable panes. Add a splitter to a form between two aligned controls to allow users to resize the controls at runtime. The splitter sits between a control aligned to one edge of the form and the controls that fill up the rest of the client area. Give the splitter the same alignment as the control that is anchored to the edge of the form. When the user moves the splitter, it resizes the anchored control. This, in turn, changes the client area of the form, and the controls that fill up the rest of the client area resize accordingly. Use each control on the form as a separate pane. After each pane is placed, place a splitter with the same alignment to allow that pane to be resized. The last pane to be placed on the form should be client-aligned, so that it resizes automatically to fill up the remaining space after all other panes are resized. The splitter bar can be oriented either horizontally or vertically. Step-by-Step Instructions: For complete details and Step-By-Step instructions to create re-sizable panes, refer to the PDF version of this technical document (4 pages) at: http://www.razzak.com/fte (Forms and EEPs) (Powered by R:Tango) Very Best Regards, Razzak. ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
