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Subject:Re: TableFrame or ListBox
Date:Thu, 7 Jul 2022 04:10:37 -0400
From:Kevin Baker <shcsbaker@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:pnews.paradox-programming
Jure, THANK YOU!!!

On 7/7/2022 3:33 AM, modridirkac wrote:
> Hm, yes.
> 
> proc padString(s string, l smallint) string
>    if s.size() > l then
>      return(s.SubStr(1,l)
>    else
>      return(s+fill(" ",l-s.size() ) )
>    endIf
> endProc
> 
> var q query
>       TCtmp TCursor
> endVar;
> First get your data:q = query
> 
>      :db:xyz.db | Col1 | Col2 | Col3 |
>                 | Check | Check | Check |
> 
> endQuery
> q.ExecuteQBE(TCtmp)
> 
> ; now put it into list
> myList.list.list.selection = TCtmp.nRecords()
> scan TCtmp:
> 
>     myList.list.list.selection = TCtmp.recNo()
>     myList.list.list.value =  padString(TCtmp."Col1",11) + "| "
>                              +padString(TCtmp."Col2",7) + "|
"
>                              +padString(TCtmp."Col3",8)
> endScan
> 
> Jure
> 
>>
>> Jure,
>> Thanks!  For the padding, I need to pull the data from a db. I trying to
>> Pad each column with a specific number of characters.  "Column" 1 = 
>> max 10
>> Characters + space | space
>> "Column" 2 = max 6 Characters + space | space
>> "Column" 3 = max 8 Characters
>>
>> the listbox would look like:
>> 12/10/2021 | 123456 | 12345678
>> 12/11/2021 | 1234   | 12345
>> 01/01/2022 | 12345  | 12
>>
>> Is this possible?
>>
>> modridirkac <jure.zorko@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ------------phWsru9JzVF5noLndtr7Xt
>>>
>>>> I need to know if it's possible to either have a tableframe to display
>>
>>>> fields only (the user can select a row, but not change anything)
>>>
>>> On a form:
>>> Menu  Format - Data model, right click on table and select Read only.
>>>
>>>
>>>> can create how to use a listbox with a fixed font and padding to
>>>> simulate a multicolumn listbox.
>>>
>>> Yes, you can pad, but with spaces, not tabs.
>>> Just one trick, rename that default name #List6 to "list".
>>> And then use
>>>     myList.list.list.selection = 1
>>>     myList.list.list.value = "a  a"
>>>     myList.list.list.selection = 2
>>>     myList.list.list.value = "b  b"
>>>
>>>
>>> Jure
>>> ------------phWsru9JzVF5noLndtr7Xt
>>
> 
> 


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