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Hi Stam, A bit of background. The db has 30+ columns. I want to print just 10 columns. I only want to print some of the lines, others are not required. I have succeeded in getting the required lines of just the 10 columns into a field. The problem is that the field output has lines where certain 'co...

Hi all, I tried put the dgProp["column widths"] of group "DataGrid 3" to 53,100,40,40,50,200,103,40,40,40,20,50,50,50,50,50,50,40,40,40,40,40,10,40,40,40,100,50,16,50,20,20,40,50,40 hoping that the text in col 6, not exceeding a width of 200, would maintain column discipline, but I got an error mess...

Hi Stam, that's what I've done, but the resulting text is a mess, as it doesn't show the text in columns, as, depending on the width of text in each column of the dg, the lines are too messy to present to the user. I was looking for a way to keep each dataset in a column in the field. Hi Craig, as a...

Hi all,
Is it possible to print a dg, line by line (some lines only, according to script). This is to create a report. I tried putting the lines in a field, but that did not maintain the column widths, they being dependent on the text width of the column content.

Hi Craig,
Just tried that - seems to be working OK so far. Many thanks.

Thanks. The hand is great. I haven't figured out how to keep it in my stack - it works for a while then reverts to normal cursor and I have to run the code again to get it back. How can I make it permanent ?

Hi, Following your hint I looked some more and found some coding that I put into a button but it didn't do anything. set the lockCursor to true -- locking the cursor gives *you* control of the cursor from the system. So that you can set the icon. set the cursor to hand set the lockCursor to false --...

Hi Jacque, I'm afraid my 'solution' did not last. For some reason - possibly after shutdown/startup - the cursor reverted to its previous hardly visible state whilst in the script and in the IDE, but changes to large and black only in the yellow headers. So, sorry if I misled you there. I tried agai...

Thanks everyone, great stuff.
Klaus,
Having shut down and restarted LC it now appears that I have a stable bold black arrow to navigate with - just what I needed.
Thanks for your kind interest.

Hi Klaus, It's a Windows laptop, Win11., so it should be ok....BUT Currently the situation is that the cursor varies between a heavy black I-beam and the default cursor. I also tried changing the cursor in Windows, but that does not affect LC. it's no worse now than what it was before, but I was hop...

Hi all, I've been having problems seeing/locating the cursor when editing scripts - old eyes are easily challenged! I took a look in the dictionary and tried importing a solid black arrow. I restarted LC and the black arrow was great - BUT, the arrow and script froze, so I closed down without saving...

Many thanks Richard, I'll keep that in mind..

Thanks everyone for your kind interest. I thought I had a solution for anti-copying, but no, it was not to be. I guess I'll just have to live with that, and hope customers may be put off by some disinformation, or something like that.

Hi Jacque,
I tried that - it's exactly what's needed, so my heartfelt thanks to you.
Thanks also to the other contributors for their kind concern.

Many thanks, Jacque, It's a bit late now, but I'll try it tomorrow (if circumstances allow..).
Once again, many thanks.