[Gambas-user] Problems generating a form

[Benoît Minisini]

> Hi,
> 
> let me see if I have understood this right:
> the values of the items in the .form are core, and recalculated in pixel
> when the form is loaded into the IDE.
> here an example:
> 
>   { Label1 Label
>     MoveScaled(2,2,10,4)
>     Text = ("Label1")
>   }
> 
> when loaded,
> x=14
> y=14
> width=70
> height=28
> 
> should be an easy task ... I thought.
> 
> when loading the form, the height value is increased, I generated this
> with (2,8,22,2)
> 
>     { lbl_BUD_datum Label
>       MoveScaled(2,8,22,3)
>       Text = ("Datum ")
>       Alignment = Align.Right
>       Border = Border.Raised
>     }
> 
> why, is not at all clear to me.
> 
> I have also tried with 1 instead of 2, then it makes 14 pix out of it.
> the function calculates the height of the label plus a distance between
> them (1), to get a new top (y). the y-value is not influenced, so the
> labels are ovelapping each other: means: the new y-value is correct,
> while the height is too high. I could write a workaround, still I would
> like to know what happens here - in case I change the parameters I could
> be forced to write another workaround - don't know.
> 
> as info: I write this generator because I have a real lot of forms to
> create, and data are all coming from mySql, so the behavior and
> functions are always the same: select record from a tableview, show the
> details in a data-panel, and have core-functions like new, copy, save,
> delete, print.
> 
> if someone has an idea here, I will be grateful to here it.
> 
> thanks and regards,
> norarg
> 

Label position may be constrained by its container. I can't tell more without 
seing the full contents of the form file.

P.S. All your mails are considered as spam by Google Mail, no idea why...

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini