Controls alignment bug

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

The following sample shows that SAYs and GETs don't get aligned throughout the display:

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#include "Fwce.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oWnd

    LOCAL cVar1 := SPACE( 20 )
    LOCAL cVar2 := SPACE( 20 )

    DEFINE WINDOW oWnd

    @ 1, 1 SAY "Name 1:";
           SIZE 70, 20

    @ 1, 10 GET cVar1;
            SIZE 70, 20

    @ 5, 1 SAY "Name 2:";
           SIZE 70, 20

    @ 5, 10 GET cVar2;
            SIZE 70, 20

    ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd

    RETURN NIL

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[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

Yes, thats normal in FW, as we calculate each row based on the control height. With this little modification it shows ok:

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    @ 5.7, 10 GET cVar2;
            SIZE 70, 20


[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Unfortunately it is not linear:

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#include "Fwce.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oWnd

    LOCAL cVar1 := SPACE( 20 )
    LOCAL cVar2 := SPACE( 20 )
    LOCAL cVar3 := SPACE( 20 )

    DEFINE WINDOW oWnd

    @ 1, 1 SAY "Name 1:";
           SIZE 70, 20

    @ 1, 10 GET cVar1;
            SIZE 70, 20

    @ 5, 1 SAY "Name 2:";
           SIZE 70, 20

    @ 5.7, 10 GET cVar2;
              SIZE 70, 20

    @ 10, 1 SAY "Name 3:";
            SIZE 70, 20

    @ 10.7, 10 GET cVar3;
               SIZE 70, 20

    ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd

    RETURN NIL

Any workaround other than using a calculation?

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[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

The only solution is to modify include\constant.ch and recompile all PRG classes.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Is it something that you can change in the standard FWPPC build?

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[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

We may modify it here, but we have to decide, all together, what values to use. Should the SAYs be the reference ? the GETs ?

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Ok, let me do some experiment...

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[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Enrico,

We may modify it here, but we have to decide, all together, what values to use. Should the SAYs be the reference ? the GETs ?

I think that we don't have to care what controls should be the reference. We just need that row "n" is the same for all the controls. Don't you agree?

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[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

Yes, thats a solution, but still we have to decide the value for each row and column.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

GETs could be a good reference as they are the most used controls.

I think that now is the right time for this fix due to the little backward compatibility problems. After it would be late exactly like for Fivewin.

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