Chapter 19: Working with Controls in DataWindow Objects

Sliding controls to remove blank space in a DataWindow object

You can specify that you want to eliminate blank lines or spaces in a DataWindow object by sliding columns and other controls to the left or up if there is blank space. You can use this feature to remove extra spaces between fields such as first and last name.

**Table 19-5: Slide options for controls in a DataWindow object**
Option	Description
Slide Left	When selected, slides the column or control to the left if there is nothing to the left. Be sure the control does not overlap the control to the left. Sliding left will not work if the controls overlap.
Slide Up	You can select from the following values: All Above Slide the column or control up if there is nothing in the row above. The row above must be completely empty for the column or control to slide up. Directly Above Slide the column or control up if there is nothing directly above it in the row above.

If you are sliding columns up Even blank columns have height; if there are blank columns above the column you want to slide up, you need to set the Autosize Height property for all of them.

To use sliding columns or controls in a DataWindow object:

Select Properties from the control's pop-up menu and then select the Position tab in the Properties view.
Select the Slide options you want.

Slide options are also available on PainterBar2.

Positioning controls in a DataWindow object

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