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Is there a way to fix the size of an OutlineBox?

SDF1 — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:20:38 GMT

Hi All,

I have a script that pulls a data table and brings it into a window using the command dt<<Get As Report. This table has many columns and many rows. Unfortunately, it shows up in the window like this, it's really large and I don't want it to be this size:

Instead, I'd like to resize it automatically, to something more like this:

I found a thread here that is very similar to what I'm looking for, but not quite. I've tried sending commands like <<Set Max Size() or similar to the object that is the dt as a report, but then I don't get anything in my report window. I tried creating a Border Box(), but that doesn't work either.

Any ideas/suggestions are much appreciated.

Thanks!,

Re: Is there a way to fix the size of an OutlineBox?

jthi — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:34:38 GMT

I think you want to fix the size of table box, not outlinebox

Names Default To Here(1);

dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Probe.jmp");

bb = dt << get as report;
// we need to modify the table box, not borderbox
(bb << child) << Set Scrollable(20, 5); // rows, columns

dt = New Window("test",
	Outline Box("Table",
		bb
	);
);

Re: Is there a way to fix the size of an OutlineBox?

SDF1 — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:57:18 GMT

Hi @jthi ,

Thanks for the quick response and solution. Yes, it was actually the table box I wanted to fix the size of, but nothing I had tried worked, so I thought maybe it was the OutlineBox. Anyway, great solution, thank you!

Re: Is there a way to fix the size of an OutlineBox?

jthi — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:12:30 GMT

One thing you might want to change is to change the reference to table box from

(bb << child)

to something like

bb[Table Box(1)]

as it might be more robust option (when building something like this, usually it is a good idea to almost always explore either properties or XML)