[ALLY] form hiding

[1/4] from: reboldes::bigfoot::com at: 7-Sep-2000 10:00

I wanted to start writing my aplication in View today, but when I wanted to make a password form, I found out that I don't know, how to make secure form for password. Because I don't have any user's guide at the moment I was searching in my script library from Rebol site to find some example, but I've found nothing. There is so many examples how to make a button but no for secure form. That's not good for "view" beginners as me. I know, that this ability was missing in some earlier versions of Rebol/view so I hope it's already done in the new ones. oldes PS: When I'm talking about documentation, in the beginning it was possible to download all user's guide in one file, now I could not found it. Do I realy need a webminer to get the informations I want to from the Rebol site? Tento mejl byl napsan "bez pripojeni" v: 7-Sep-2000/16:43:16+2:00

[2/4] from: johnkenyon:ibm at: 7-Sep-2000 10:16

Hi, try view layout [ field hide ] As a general question to the rebol experts ... How do you get help in a dialect? Is there some way of doing ? field in layout or ? copy parse ? This would be vital as I often rely on ? to avoid having to load up docs. Even more important in the current view betas where there are no docs. cheers, john

[3/4] from: johnkenyon:ibm at: 8-Sep-2000 2:36

Allen, Thanks for the tools - should come in useful. In general though I think there should be a more simple way of accessing help for words defined in dialects. For example, this clearly shows what input does

>> ? input

USAGE: INPUT /hide DESCRIPTION: Inputs a string from the console. New-line character is removed. INPUT is a function value. REFINEMENTS: /hide -- Mask input with a * character We need something along the lines of ....

>> help/vid field

USAGE: FIELD hide DESCRIPTION: Inputs a string from the view window. New-line character is removed. FIELD is a style value. REFINEMENTS: hide -- Mask input with a * character Carl and co, any thoughts? cheers, john

> As a general question to the rebol experts ... > > How do you get help in a dialect? > > Is there some way of doing ? field in layout or ? copy parse ? > This would be vital as I often rely on ? to avoid having to load up docs. > Even more important in the current view betas where there are no docs.

[4/4] from: allenk:powerup:au at: 8-Sep-2000 8:28

----- Original Message ----- From: <[johnkenyon--uk--ibm--com]> To: <[ally--rebol--com]> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 3:16 AM Subject: [ALLY] form hiding Re:

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> This would be vital as I often rely on ? to avoid having to load up docs. > Even more important in the current view betas where there are no docs.

Hi John, These might help.. To print a list of style names use you can use this print-styles: func [ {Print List of Styles in master stylesheet} /sheet style-sheet [block!]{Specify a style sheet other than master} ][ if not sheet [style-sheet: system/view/vid/vid-styles] foreach [style object] style-sheet [print style] ] ;usage print-styles ss: stylize [bingo: text] print-styles/sheet ss You can also probe individual styles from the master style by using get-style 'name (this only works on the master sheet) e.g probe get-style 'button This version one can be used on other style sheets also get-style2: func [ {Get a style object from the master stylesheet} name /sheet style-sheet [block!]{Specify a style sheet other than master} ][ if not sheet [style-sheet: system/view/vid/vid-styles] select style-sheet name ] ;--usage probe get-style2 ' button ss: stylize [bingo: text] probe get-style2/sheet 'bingo ss Cheers, Allen K

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