Re: current record in view-as-list form

On Jul 13, 2006, at 12:48 PM, Ken Goff wrote:

>
> On Jul 13, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Steve Kane wrote:
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>> I've forgotten the technique for getting the active record in a  
>> view—as—list form to hilite. Could someone please remind me? Thanks.
>>
>
> If your View As List form has, for example, a Header tile and a  
> Data tile, and you have the old Data Cells on the Data tile, the  
> current record will automatically highlight.
>
> If you have used either the original Text Display objects or Text  
> Display SuperObjects on your Data tile, no current record will be  
> indicated.
>
> If you have used Text Editor SuperObjects (TESO ) to view your  
> information on the Data tile, only an individual TESO being edited  
> will indicate the current record.
>
> A simple solution is to add a Data Cell for one of your information  
> items. You can even cover that Data Cell with a Button Object set  
> to "transparent" so it will not be editable, depending upon your  
> needs. I create a blank field named "Blank" for this purpose and  
> then a ".CurrentRecord" procedure with the following:
>
> Field "Blank"
>
> Yet another solution is to create a Flash Art object with an  
> appropriate formula to turn on the Flash Art for the current record.

Ken, thanks. It was adding a data cell to the TESOs that I must have  
used in the past. The Flash Art object (with a .currentrecord  
procedure?) sounds intriguing, I'll have to try it.

I hope there will be enhancements to the view—as—list form. I know  
you programming types are using the List SO and Matrix SO, but I get  
lost in arrays and in the Matrix SO. The view—as—list form is so  
quick and easy to set up.