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Has anyone got the code for when the user presses say the 'n' key and then a number (ie 46) the program will jump to that page. I've searched the forum but can't find anything on this. This coul be an iput textbox with a button to goto the inputed page number.

Ted

Hi Ted
I attached an example on how to work with what you need.

This is here the second example with input box and button
If you need any further modification I'm ready to help with what I could.

Thanks opuslover

I assume that I could modify the code,remove the "r" and just have the numeral input.
As some of the projects I'll be working on will have over 50 pages/catalogue, is there any way of coding this so as the project will not a long list of code per page?

The project is a mouse driven presentation and the keyboard alpha/numerics are not used.

Q. what is the 2.00s Ticker for?

Cheers
Ted

Hi ted again
please check the second example first and see if you need another modification
I made the second one dynamic ,you just put the pages as
p1 p2 p3 ..etc and all ard done for you

there is another way that you put a link or hyperlink on the first page and then it will be linked to other pages

just check the second example first and tell me.


I'm happy to help you.

the tick is to refresh the variable key every 2 second expecting hat the user input wrong page like R46 instead of R45 then it will be reset to be ready for the second go.

once again thanks mate

The second example is what would be needed. I'll hide the the button and input box, then use a rightvmouse mouse click to dispay them when needed.

Thanks again for your time and effort

Ted

Thanks Ted

Here also another example on how to use the page navigation with mouse
I hope that you like it and serve your project.

features:
you can’t go backward less than Page 1 or the last Page
when you reach the last record it turns to red and be disabled
when it reaches the first record it turns to red and disabled

Ted,

Hopefully you are getting what you need from OL's solution (I've not dnl'd or looked).

If you're still working on:
I would suggest maintaining an external spreadsheet .xls --- Users will not need the Excel app of course, but Opus can read that data.

Then it is a simple matter of populating one or two listbox objects. I like the idea of 'cascading listboxes'. Content appearing in the second LB is dependent on choice made in the first. (aka 'configurator' on websites). Could be as simple as Columns then Rows retrieval from .xls sheet.

If you (somehow) format these or use hyperlinks, you'll get the colour/font change indication when 'visited'.

opuslover: Your 3rd example is very good and will be of great value. I will be able to utilise all 3 of your examples. Thanks again for help.

Lar_123: I'm not sure on how to implement an excel file into a list box. When I try to insert, I get an error message "Cant read file" Any ideas would be great.

Ted

Ted,

I do not use Excel with Opus. In some ways, I wish I was more proficient with excel itself. So I put more development effort into databases.


For reading from Excel files, browse the Sample Pubs DW provided with Opus. Once you have practiced with that file, you can develop reading 'records' into a Listbox object. There are several posts on the topic, and a few .imp examples I'm sure.

Off to wine...

Hi Ted,

Lar's right the Excel or other database format make for an efficient way of creating something like a catalogue.

If memory serves, if using Excel you need to specify the column by using define name in Excel. Robin's example in Opus is very clear and the folder contains all the necessary files that could be adapted.

Because, you'd be reading the data from an external source, you can access it prior to running your publication and therefore have access to all products from the outset. This means that you can use a single page setup, rather than having one product per page, which makes things more complicated for certain things.

Lar's right (again) and he has posted many excellent examples of advanced list boxes that be used in table-of-contents to easily access an product.

Mack