Word wrap on an xdialog button

[Clunes]

Is it possible to word wrap the text on an xdialog button?

[G Gabriel]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Use the desired text in an image and insert the image in the button.

[Tim Kiebert]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

I had been wondering about this as well for a recent project. I stumbled upon a way to do it. It will cost you big bucks to find out.

Unless you live in Australia.

[Tim Kiebert]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Just kidding.

Using owner draw syntax in the button definition you can create another line using {LF}. It has to be uppercase LF not lf. I had tried {lf} which is a regular xdialog command and it did not work so was going to put the idea aside. Then one time I wanted all caps in the button text and with the caps lock on ended up with {LF} and voila.


<%O={J=C,C}{C=Black}{F=Tahoma,12,B}{B=Gold}END{LF}SHIFT%14,4!endshift>

button_wordwrap.png

[Clunes]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Thank Tim.

Well I meet the deal so far. being an Ozzie in this freaky world today is more than a good deal

I will share the result if it works. I have created a variable xdialog - variable in that it only shows buttons of the names people that are in a list. I want to keep the sze relative, but some firstname and surname combintaion is particular large, making a standard button size even larger. If I can wrap the text I can reduce the button standard etc

So far I can build an xdialog that will fit any number of buttons. It always fits to the number based whatever the table of names has. The size of the dialog changes based on the number of buttons.A good outcome for me. It will be an even better outcome if I can word wrap.

Attached are two pictures. You can see that that there is a difference in the number of names between them, but I built them with the same script. Word wrap will reduce the width which what I need

pic2.jpg pic1.jpg

[Clunes]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Thanks Tim - obviously crossed paths. I will give this a go

[Clunes]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Brilliant - see the result

Thanks again Tim


pic3.jpg

[Tim Kiebert]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Your welcome. Looks good.

And you qualify for the 'mates rates'

[G Gabriel]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

My first instinct was to try {lf} in the button..of course it didn't work.. never thought of upper caps! I hate upper caps, but not in this instant. Good discovery ala Roentgen..

[Tim Kiebert]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Good discovery ala Roentgen..

Yes it was. It was one of those geeky moments when you carefully look around to see that no one is watching and enthusiastically punch the air while uttering a hushed 'yessss'.

[G Gabriel]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

In the end everything has to make sense.. I couldn't understand why the capitalization would make a difference... in some languages, older ones in general, capitalization matters..
so I looked to see if capitalization matters in any of the other xdlg commands? Doesn't seem to.. so why in {LF}? Well, come to find out, if you look in Owner Draw it show {LF} and shows it in caps ! Not that anyone would have made any notation of that specially so, since everything else is capitalized.... so, it still doesn't make sense but if it works that's all that matter.

[Ray in Capetown]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

....I will share the result if it works. I have created a variable xdialog - variable in that it only shows buttons of the names people that are in a list. I want to keep the sze relative, but some firstname and surname combintaion is particular large, making a standard button size even larger. If I can wrap the text I can reduce the button standard etc
So far I can build an xdialog that will fit any number of buttons. .....

And how's that looking thus far Mark?

[Clunes]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Hi Ray,

I have achieved what I wanted to do. I was just trying to refine the whole thing into a db before I shared it. That said attached is the current status (still some work to do). Unzip and open. the autoexec will take to you the first xdialog. from there if you click close you go to the control panel.

Before you do simply click the clockon/off button. this builds an xdialog on the fly based on the number of staff. Click one of the staff buttons and they will be clocked on. Doucle click on the staff on site screen and you will see an xdialog built on the staff list on site. there are few other things in this that you can play with that will show the xdialog on the fly approach. Hope you can follow it all. I am terrible for comments so there none (sorry to the purists) In the main the the codes that build the xdialogs on the fly all start with trial. The way I build the xdialog is to create a text file with the codes which is called back and opened.

Note this whole thing is designed to work on a touch screen. all my test on a touch screen show pretty good results. If you click visitor button you will also see how I handle a keyboard

xdemo.zip

[Clunes]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

I think I have basically finished. I had issues with the refresh of the listviews so this attachment uses the built in list view genie which does not hav ethe same problem.

I would appreciate any feedback if you download and try. It is all designed to work using a touchscreen, but works jsut as well if you use a mouse.

xdemo.zip

[Ted Giles]

Re: Word wrap on an xdialog button

Mark, you might want to allow Hyphens and Apostrophes in the names.

As in, "Guthrie-Giles", "Mainwairng-Smith" and "Mc'Donald, Mc'Tavish"

Is there a difference between the Clock Off actions? Clocking off a Task requires a Clock Off in the Staff on Site as well.

I can only have one task even though I have different time slots? Is there any reason I cannot fill my day with Tasks?

Very cool app!