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KewlToyZ

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Standard DCL question?
« on: May 08, 2012, 05:57:13 PM »
Is there a term to place on a dialog that insures only one Radio button can be selected?
I separated groups of them using boxed_column which restricts selection in each boxed column.
I was able to designate the first one selected by default using
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initial_focus = "a18";
Still looking for another term to do the button restriction.

I'm going to try tricking boxed_column around all of the dialog once.
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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 06:02:39 PM »
Group the the radio_buttons within a (boxed) row or column.
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KewlToyZ

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 06:03:36 PM »
Oh ok I'll try boxed_row
boxed_column didn't work ....

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 06:04:49 PM »
If you group a set of radio_button tiles beneath a parent radio_cluster tile, only one radio_button will be selectable from those child radio_tiles.

An example:

Code - DCL: [Select]
  1. : radio_cluster
  2. {
  3.     : row
  4.     {
  5.         : column
  6.         {
  7.             : radio_button { key = "key1"; label = "Option 1"; }
  8.             : radio_button { key = "key2"; label = "Option 2"; }
  9.             : radio_button { key = "key3"; label = "Option 3"; }
  10.         }
  11.         : column
  12.         {
  13.             : radio_button { key = "key4"; label = "Option 4"; }
  14.             : radio_button { key = "key5"; label = "Option 5"; }
  15.             : radio_button { key = "key6"; label = "Option 6"; }
  16.         }
  17.     }
  18. }

KewlToyZ

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 06:08:53 PM »
Hmmm not working... maybe I need to find another means to group them so I can sarround it all with boxed_ .....

KewlToyZ

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2012, 06:42:08 PM »
Hmmm tried boxed_radio_cluster & boxed_radio_row with no luck.
I may have to change the layout removing the boxed_columns to make them work as a single cluster? I wonder if it's just the ViewDCL.lsp not enforcing it?
I really wanted this in standard DCL because I want to read the code with a simple text editor.

I may have to revert to list boxes, but again, I would still need to enforce only one of those working and the list is too long for a single list box.
« Last Edit: May 08, 2012, 06:45:29 PM by KewlToyZ »

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2012, 06:47:48 PM »
Oh, I didn't realise you wanted to only permit a single selection across the entire dialog... since the boxed_column tiles are clusters in themselves, I don't think the radio_cluster will permeate through to the radio_buttons.

How about using an updating list_box tile over multiple sets of radio_buttons?

Had a few minutes so put this together as an example:


KewlToyZ

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2012, 11:51:12 PM »
Thanks Lee, I was pondering it as a popup list for each set.
I may just setup each set with its own dialog and use something like a Next button to flip to the next set Dialog (like DCL's version of Tabs) and show the reference table of values next to the Scale selection. Something like this partial I started Below.

If nothing else it acts as a reference guide when people are trying to figure out what they see on their drawings too.
« Last Edit: May 08, 2012, 11:55:34 PM by KewlToyZ »

KewlToyZ

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2012, 05:42:21 PM »
Hey Lee, any examples of a radio button setting the list information in a dcl you know of?

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2012, 06:51:04 PM »
Same as Lee's, except for toggle button to set up list box.
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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2012, 12:55:03 PM »
Hey Lee, any examples of a radio button setting the list information in a dcl you know of?

Not that I know of, so I spent a little time helping you out - try the attached  :-)

KewlToyZ

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2012, 01:14:28 PM »
Dang Lee, thank you sir  ;-)
I was just looking for some examples. I haven't read yours yet.
I went and did something based upon a few different examples in a very basic form just to get through it.
I used Irneb's method for adding scales which runs fast the first time but decreases in speed every time it is ran after that.
So I'll post what I did. But for some reason it doesn't seem as fast as before.
That could be because of the volume of scales I am inserting initially.
I just seem to think it ran faster when I first tried Irneb's. Looking through now, it is likely because his broke the scale lists down smaller. Likely reading through yours will shed some light on how I can do that.
But mine seriously tanks even slower than the vb version now.
« Last Edit: May 12, 2012, 01:45:39 PM by KewlToyZ »

KewlToyZ

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2012, 01:16:50 PM »
Holy crap, you used programmatic extraction for the ratios from the string selection. :-o

KewlToyZ

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2012, 01:26:51 PM »
Wow. That's the entire enchilada Lee  :lmao:

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Re: Standard DCL question?
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2012, 01:43:55 PM »
I have been using this new AutoLoader http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=41576.0;topicseen

Looking through the ACAD_SCALELIST section, when I open the drawing the first time the list seems like it may have everything present just not showing in CANNOSCALE availability. When I run the routine inserting the scales the very first time, it increases the list by about 4x, even though I run a -scalelistedit reset. I run it again, and it gets even larger.
So I think this is why the routine appears to slow down. I'm just wondering how I cleanup the file properly since scalelistedit doesn't do it? If I am reading this right, is this registry entries?