XDialoge Vertical Scroll Bar

[danh]

Hello,

Does anyone know how to get rid of the vertical scroll bar of a multi-line text box in xdialog? In looking at the help file it looks like you need to add the v directive to get the scroll bar, but it puts it on automatically when you use the m directive.

Maybe there is more then one question here, but what I want is a text box with a width of 50 and a row height of 5, with no word wrap and now scroll bar. When you hit enter 5 times, I want it to advance on to the next field; only except 5 lines.

Like this without the scroll bar and only except 5 lines...

ui_dlg_box("Word-Wrapped Text Boxes",<<%dlg%
{region}
{wrap=50}
This text box accepts the Enter key. When you press Enter, you advance to a new line.;
[%M%.50,5text];
{endregion};
{region}
<*15&OK> <15&Cancel>
{endregion}
%dlg% )

Any ideas?
Thanks, Dan

[CALocklin]

Re: XDialoge Vertical Scroll Bar

I'm guessing you're not getting many responses because it's not clear what you are trying to accomplish.

First the easy part - to stop the word wrapping, just remove the {wrap=50} command. Any text beyond 50 characters (+/-) will just go "off the dialog" to the right. (The 50 characters is only an approximation with proportional fonts.)
EDIT: Forget the {wrap} command. That doesn't affect the text inside the box. It only affects the 'descriptive' text outside the box. According to my test, the example you provided already does not wrap lines. An example of what you are using as "text" would be helpful.

Now the hard part....

Are you trying to show ONLY the first 5 lines and the user can't see any other lines no matter what s/he does? That should be possible.

Or, are you trying to display only 5 lines at a time but allow the user to "scroll" down to the rest by hitting the Enter key? That may not be possible without the scroll bar.

[danh]

Re: XDialoge Vertical Scroll Bar

Thanks Cal for the reply.

Are you trying to show ONLY the first 5 lines and the user can't see any other lines no matter what s/he does? That should be possible.

Yes, and the user wouldn't be able to enter more then 5 lines. What I want is a text box with a width of 50 and a row height of 5. So when you enter the box, and hit enter 5 times, I want it to advance on to the next field; only except 5 lines.

The example that I gave (of the text box) is what I want, except without the scroll bar and only excepting 5 lines.

Hope this helps.
Dan

[CALocklin]

Re: XDialoge Vertical Scroll Bar

I thought you were using this to display/select something. If you are using this as in input box, I don't think it's going to work very well without a lot of checking via xbasic. There will also be a problem with using the Enter key and an xdialog. (I could be wrong. If someone else knows a better way, please jump in here.)

I'd suggest something with 5 separate fields and limiting each field to 50 characters.

If you use an xdialog, I believe it will require xbasic to limit them to 50 characters. Even if the box width only shows 50 characters, I'm pretty sure the user can type more. Besides, a box width of "50" is based on a "standard" width so the "proportional font" issue mentioned above is still a factor.

If you really need to do that and each line is separate/unrelated, I think I'd use a regular form with 5 fields. Those can be limited to 50 characters and the Enter key will move the user from one field to the next. The "fields" could even be based on a variable rather than an actual field.

If the real desire is to allow the user to type a paragraph of up to 250 characters, then it could be done with xdialog and just a little xbasic or with a regular form. So, again, more clarification on the ultimate purpose would be helpful. A realistic example would be even better.