Tech Tip: Utility to scroll variable to the bottom

PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 15.x | PLATFORM: Mac & Win

Published On: November 15, 2016

Below is an utility method to programatically scroll a variable to the bottom.

// Method: UTIL_SCROLL_TO_BOTTOM
// $1 - Pointer to variable
C_POINTER($1;$text)
C_LONGINT($pos)

If(Count parameters>=1)
  $text:=$1
  If(Not(Undefined($text->)))
    $pos:=Length($text->)+1
    HIGHLIGHT TEXT($text->;$pos;$pos)
  End if
End if

Example:

Below is a text variable (vText) that contains several lines of text:

The following code will programatically scroll the variable to the bottom:

UTIL_SCROLL_TO_BOTTOM (->vText)

Below is the result: