[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Synchronization of scrolling fields

cohill@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Andrew M. Cohill) (05/13/91)

I seem to recall a solution to this problem somewhere in the distant
past, but of course at the time, paid it no attention....

I have three fields that I want to scroll synchronously:

Start time         End time              Description
10:00               11:15                Meet with Andy
11:15               11:45                Long discussion about new
                                         product introduction  and
                                         cost of promotion.



Notice that the Description field wraps across more than one line, so
I have to put carriage returns in the Time fields to keep everything
lined up properly. The problem, of course, is that the Description
entry, to HyperCard, is just one CR-terminated logical line, and I have to
convert that into one or more physical lines to know how many CRs to
insert in the time fields.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Andy Cohill