From: Lyle Johnson <lyle@...>
Date: 2002-12-10T02:10:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Update on Quest for Multi-Column Listbox in FXRuby

CRIBBSJ wrote:

> I have created an FXIconList with four columns:
> 
> @table = FXIconList.new(frame, nil, 0,
> ICONLIST_NORMAL|LAYOUT_FILL_X|LAYOUT_FILL_Y)
> @table.appendHeader("Plane",nil,130)
> @table.appendHeader("Country",nil,130)
> @table.appendHeader("Speed",nil,130)
> @table.appendHeader("Range",nil,130)
> 
> It works great.  But when I go to add rows, I can only add stuff to the
> first column.  I have tried all of the following:
> 
> @table.appendItem("Spitfire","Great Britain","333","454")
> @table.appendItem("Spitfire", nil, nil, "Great Britain", "333", "454")
> @table.appendItem(["Spitfire","Great Britain","333","454"])
> 
> But none of them work.  The best I can do is:
> @table.appendItem("Spitfire")
> 
> Which works, but (of, course) only fills up the first column.
> 
> The Fox docs show the arguments to appendItem being a string, a couple of
> icons, and a pointer to userdata.  I'm not sure how I am supposed to tell it
> to put strings into individual columns.

Use tabs to delimit the fields:

     @table.appendItem("Spitfire\tGreat Britain\t333\t454")

HTH,

Lyle