Starting a main stack into full screen mode and improving UI

[pkmittal]

Hello,

I would like to start a main stack into full screen mode. Is there any way to achieve this without using heavy external utilities?

On another point , I would like to improve the interface of my revolution application. Any tutorials which provides better insights to create rich interface using rev?

I am having 3 tables on the main screens ( one table contain 15 rows, another contain 3 rows and the last one also 3 rows) and I have implemented drag and drop functionalities to swap the positions in those tables.

However The tables in run time revolution have many limitations especially for the cells where the content have size limitatons when cell size is small and the particular Cell can not have multiple lines too.

Is there any other UI elements I should use instead of tables? Are there any sample examples which can provide some insights on how to create good interface while using drag and drop functionalities to support 18 rows and 9 columns.

Thanks for your insights.

Cheers
Pradeep

[Mark Smith]

Pradeep, I haven't done this sort of thing, myself, but I'd think you could check the 'screenRect' at startup, and set the size of your stack accordingly.

As far as tables go, you're right, the built-in object is not all that usable, I find. If your tables are to be fixed sizes, as you describe, I think my approach would be to create the the tables as groups of fields, and do all the work myself. Depending on the complexity of what you want to do, this could probably work well.

Best,

Mark

[pkmittal]

Hey mark,

Thanks for your response. You are right that we can use screenrect() to know the screen size and set the main stack size accordingly.

Is there any way in rev ( without using heavy external utilities) that can also change the resolution on client machine and when I close the application then change the resolution according to his previous settings.

Using many fields to replace table will generate many complexities, However I will explore it in greater details.

Thanks.

Cheers
Pradeep

[martinjzu]

Open a stack in full screen mode? I just figured out:

on openStack
set the fullScreen of this stack to true
end openStack

returning to the original size:

on mouseUp
set the fullScreen of this stack to false
end mouseUp

Is this the easiest way, or is there a simpler solution?

[malte]

If I understand pradeep correctly he wants to change the screen resolution on startup, not the dimensions of his stack. I am afraid this does not work with revs built in commands.. You might be able to do something with the shell, but that is just a wild guess.

All the best,

Malte