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Nomads / External-Only Data Elements
« on: October 08, 2018, 11:19:25 AM »
Since a NOMADS Data Element marked as External-Only is not supposed to take up space in the record, does it matter where in the list of data elements such a field is identified? Beginning, end, middle, mixed?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Wish List / Non-Wildcard Search in Documentation
« on: September 17, 2018, 05:33:32 PM »
I wanted to help someone understand what was available with *next, *same, etc. Unfortunately, when I type *next or "*next" into the Search For box, it responds:
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Words in your query may not start with the wild-card characters "?" or "*".Can something be done to allow this type of entry for a search?
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Language / Radio Button Disabling
« on: August 23, 2018, 06:55:35 PM »
A couple of questions on this:
- Is it possible to Disable or Enable an entire Radio Button group with one statement, other than setting the group up in Group Assignment and using *wingrp?
- Is it possible to "uncheck" all of the Radio Buttons in a group once one of them has been selected?
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Language / Radio Button Logic
« on: August 23, 2018, 02:28:26 PM »
I'm setting up a panel with a set of Radio Buttons to control which Tab on a Tabless Folder to use. I've included a Perform routine for the RB's "When Receiving Focus" logic, but it never seems to execute. (ESCAPE as first statement doesn't happen.)
Is there something I'm missing?
Is there something I'm missing?
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Nomads / Logic with Numeric Multi_lines
« on: August 09, 2018, 03:20:08 PM »
I'm using a generated File Maint program to work on a file that has numeric fields in it. When I want to refer to these values in Logic procedures in a multi_line, I seem to get inconsistent results. Which of these should I actually use?
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- Field_Name
- Field_Name.Ctl'Value
- Field_Name$
- Field_Name.Ctl'Value$
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Nomads / Right-Justified Text for CheckBoxes
« on: July 12, 2018, 06:22:00 PM »
After a bunch of trial and error, I've been able to get (most of) our Nomads panels to scale everything fairly well; this tracks pretty well along the lines of the text-based windows from our legacy software. (Most of the users run maximized text windows, or close to it.) The thing that doesn't do so well is a check_box with right-justified text to the left of the box.
I asked this last year, and got an answer from Mike King, which looked good, but involved a bit more work than I was in a position to do at the time. Also, our scaling wasn't happening, so just setting the positions and sizes for 100% worked well. It was put on the back burner.
Now that we've got a few things going "right", I've revisited the situation. Following his instructions, I've got it doing pretty well, but the images I'm using get shrunk REALLY small - see attached. The large checkbox is the standard one used by PxPlus. The small one is from the library: {!32X32/Controls/Check_Box_Blue}
When I scale up the window, it starts to approach reasonable size and position. But at 100% (this sample), the image is tiny, and the spacing to the text is rather large (compared to the Fonted Text above in the sample). If I use a base library image (not 32X32), the 100% image is OK, but stays that size when scaled, so it looks tiny against the enlarged fonts.
The Attribute settings for this are: Tab Stop, Button to the Right of Text, Flat Button, Flat - No Border, and Transparent. Is there anything I'm missing to get this looking decent throughout the range of sizes?
Thanks, all!
I asked this last year, and got an answer from Mike King, which looked good, but involved a bit more work than I was in a position to do at the time. Also, our scaling wasn't happening, so just setting the positions and sizes for 100% worked well. It was put on the back burner.
Now that we've got a few things going "right", I've revisited the situation. Following his instructions, I've got it doing pretty well, but the images I'm using get shrunk REALLY small - see attached. The large checkbox is the standard one used by PxPlus. The small one is from the library: {!32X32/Controls/Check_Box_Blue}
When I scale up the window, it starts to approach reasonable size and position. But at 100% (this sample), the image is tiny, and the spacing to the text is rather large (compared to the Fonted Text above in the sample). If I use a base library image (not 32X32), the 100% image is OK, but stays that size when scaled, so it looks tiny against the enlarged fonts.
The Attribute settings for this are: Tab Stop, Button to the Right of Text, Flat Button, Flat - No Border, and Transparent. Is there anything I'm missing to get this looking decent throughout the range of sizes?
Thanks, all!
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Language / Spacing Between Lines
« on: July 11, 2018, 04:42:14 PM »
Does anyone know if there is a way to adjust the line spacing in a list_box? (Maybe a grid, too?)
We're looking for something like a leading setting that would increase readability. I know we can set the list'LinesPerRow to something like 1.1 or 1.25, but that also enables text wrap, which we don't really want.
I've seen this behavior in the Nomads designer, where it's normally a bit spaced, but if the designer errors out and I restart it, the lines are cramped together.
Suggestions?
We're looking for something like a leading setting that would increase readability. I know we can set the list'LinesPerRow to something like 1.1 or 1.25, but that also enables text wrap, which we don't really want.
I've seen this behavior in the Nomads designer, where it's normally a bit spaced, but if the designer errors out and I restart it, the lines are cramped together.
Suggestions?
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Language / Message (Status) Bar Height
« on: July 09, 2018, 03:35:23 PM »
We use the Status Bar to provide certain info to the users. We also allow them to re-scale the window size in specified increments. When the window is resized, we also reset the 'option'("MessageBar".##) value, along with the segment sizes, all scaled to the new window size. The "problem" is that the new MessageBar information doesn't take effect until either another program is run, or the window is manually minimized/restored.
Is there something I'm missing, or is that "just the way it is", or can something be done about it?
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Is there something I'm missing, or is that "just the way it is", or can something be done about it?
Thanks!
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Language / Best use of 'ES' mnemonic
« on: July 03, 2018, 10:01:13 AM »
There are several methods within PxPlus to generate an ESCape character: CHR(27), $1B$, esc variable, and 'ES' mnemonic. In most cases, the 'ES' mnemonic is (and should be) set to a value of $1B$.
However, certain printers may use a different "attention" character, e.g., Printronix typically uses $01$. Would this be a better use of the 'ES' mnemonic, since a $1B$ wouldn't necessarily do what one would expect?
Thoughts?
However, certain printers may use a different "attention" character, e.g., Printronix typically uses $01$. Would this be a better use of the 'ES' mnemonic, since a $1B$ wouldn't necessarily do what one would expect?
Thoughts?
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Off Topic / Mailing List Update
« on: June 28, 2018, 01:27:18 PM »
Is there any expected timeline for any of the maillist content to be available on the forum? While the maillist is still functioning in a Q&A mode only (no interactions or searching available), there is a deep fount of knowledge that would ultimately be lost if it doesn't get transferred - even in abridged form.
In a quick review on my browser bookmarks, I noticed some items that I had marked that were in the forum, but alas are no longer accessible. (I guess I should have reviewed earlier while it was still up, so I could download the details. Too late...for now.)
In a quick review on my browser bookmarks, I noticed some items that I had marked that were in the forum, but alas are no longer accessible. (I guess I should have reviewed earlier while it was still up, so I could download the details. Too late...for now.)