Software
Customisation Guide
Gadget Set : Fast Access to Lists, Selectors and Textpanes using DO Loops
Sometimes the user may have large quantities of data in list, selector or textpane gadgets and the user may find that accessing the data using the selection() methods may be very slow.
With a textpane gadget the user can use do list so that the do counter takes the value of the replacement-text for each of the currently selected rows of the list in turn:
For a selector gadget the user must use do selector so that the do counter takes the displayed value of each of the currently selected rows of the list in turn:
For a textpane gadget the user must use do pane so that the do counter takes the value of each of the displayed lines in turn:
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Note:
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That on exit from the loop PML destroys the do variable for each of these gadget types.
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