Re: request help with FTC
- From: Roger Clary <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ftcdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:36:34 -0400
On Aug 11, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Brendan Murphy wrote:
> Roger Clary wrote:
>> Using doc, which is an instance of the FTDocument class, I can do
>> doc.setRTF(s) but that clears the display and shows only what was
>> in the last "s".
>
> The set methods will clear the document. Is that what you want?
> Otherwise use the insert methods.
No. I want my inserts to be cumulative.
>
>> If I try doc.insertRTF(s) the compiler complains, "no such method"
>> I have been successful with mainTA.insertRTF(s) where mainTA is an
>> instance of the FormattedTExt class, but all of the insertion
>> point methods seem to belong to the FTDocument class.
>
> At the FTDocument level it is called insertRTFString.
Ah, that helps. And it returns a boolean. That's why I wasn't finding it with
autocomplete
>
>> Calling mainTA.insertRTF(s) and THEN doc.moveInsertionPoint seems
>> to have no effect.
>
> To be specific, you should call doc.moveInsertionPointToEnd before
> you insert (assuming you are appending the text to the end).
I am finding that using the b = doc.insertRTFString that the text gets appended
to the end without this call.
>
>> My biggest challenge will be to display Matching questions which
>> need questions in column A and answers in column B approx. halfway
>> across the page. I have made no progress toward getting that to
>> work.
>
> Currently that is not possible in the FTC. You need to talk to Bob
> about that one.
bummer. Well I'll have to work around that limitation until Bob adds it. hint,
hint. wink
>
> Note, in the demo in the TestWindow there is a menu handler called
> "HelpTest" which you can use to test out things before you build a
> complex infrastructure in your app.
>
>
Will look into that.
One last question (for now!). What does the argument "calculate offset" as
boolean do? I see it in several methods.
Thanks once again, Brendan, for your help.
Roger Clary
Class One Software
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