Scrolling Text Fields

[David Smith]

I have a text field that logs information from a serial plug-in. The contents will always extend beyond the field, so there is a vertical scroll bar. The problem is that the field defaults to display at the top, while the log information is added to the bottom.

Does anyone know of a way to force a text field to default display at the bottom (i.e. scrolled down), even while the user accesses other fields?

Thanks!

[Ugo DI LUCA]

No.

No, AFAIK, this isn't possible.

How is your log entered ? You may want to switch the codes so that the process changes from log & newLog to newLog & Log.

[Lee Smith]

Hi David,

I'm not quite sure what Ugo has in mind.

If it were me, I modify my files using one the techniques shown in these files by John Mark Osborne. You can download a copy of them from his site at this URL:

http://www.databasepros.com/resources.html

Notes Log

Scripted Notes Log

HTH

Lee

You need to probably work you way to it my first going to the Resource, and then do a Find.

[David Smith]

Lee-

Osborne's site looks like it has some really good stuff, but I couldn't see anything that applied to this problem. Was there anything in particular you had in mind?

[-Queue-]

Notes Log

Scripted Notes Log

He meant search on these two queries.

[Lee Smith]

David,

Didn't you see the two files I named "Notes Log" and "Scripted Notes Log" in my earlier post.?

All you have to do, is to go to the site, and do a search for "Notes Log" and it returns those two files, along with some others. Besure that they are [color:"red"]Not the v7 ones.

Lee

[David Smith]

OK - got it! I'm a little slow today.

Interesting...but I have to make this field look more like what you'd see with Hyperterm or Terminal.

I might try something like this: create a second file with a record for each line of text that comes in. Each record has a serial number. In the main layout of the first file, set up a relation to the second file and stack up fields for the lines to display, as though it was a text window, along with associated (hidden) numeric fields to key the relation. Instead of a scrollbar, the user would click arrow-shaped buttons to "scroll" up and down, and the layout would reprogram the numeric fields. Since we can't "click and hold" a button for continuous scrolling, I can place a button and script to scroll one line at a time, and another to scroll maybe 20 lines.

In this approach, the layout controls where the "cursor" is, although the user's experience won't be quite what he's used to with a terminal emulator.

On the other hand, this might be a great problem for a plug-in to solve...

[bruceR]

Why not just do what Ugo said and make your life much easier? Add all the new lines at the top. Set field LogField , NewData & "

[David Smith]

Because it has to read like a terminal emulator.