mike@mecazh.UUCP (Michele Ravani) (03/22/90)
Hi, working with HC I came upon some problems:
1) Situation: a scrollable unlocked field contains
some text separated by tabs as result
from a script execution. The field is
passed as a file to a word processor.
Problem: clicking the mouse in the field (I-cursor)
let the tabs disappear. That is, in the
word processor the text is separated by
blanks. If you don't click the tabs are
passed on ok. Is this a bug or a feature?
What can I do to avoid the problem without
forbidding field editing?
2) Situation: a score of bg fields are present, some
hidden. I want to be able to perform
a find of some text on any of this fields.
Problem: You may find text in an hidden field and land
with a rectangle around nothing. Making the
field visible erases the rectangle around the
found text, which makes me unhappy.
Is there a clean solution?
A dirty one could be to always check where the
text has been found and if it is in one of the
hidden fields, make it visible and repeat the
find in the given field ...
3) Problem: How can I bind two different fields to one scrollbar?
My mayor problem is at which message should the
field length, scroll, ... updating be performed
(idle,within,...). Moreover it should be possible
to edit the fields without changing the correspondance
between lines. Has anybody already solved the problem?
(I assume so ... :-))
Please email me or post to this group
THANKS A LOT in advance.
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Michele Ravani, Mecasoft SA, | telephone : 41 1 362 2040
Guggachstrasse 10, CH-8057 Zurich, | e-mail : mcsun!chx400!mecazh!mike
Switzerland. | mike@mecazh.UUCP
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