Position of an item in response to a value

[H0rrorHound]

I need to set the x/y coordinates of an object in response to the value in a field.  So for example if the field value is 25, the object needs to be 25mm to the right of a particular point.

Any help gratefully received.

Many thanks...H0rrorhound.

[radzmar]

Hi,

this is not very difficult.

Assuming you have a rectangle "Square" wrapped in a positioned subform "SquareArea" you can use FormCalc in the exit:Event of a numeric field to manipulate the position of Square within SquareArea with:

and  

The rectangle will change it's position relative to the upper left corner of SquareArea.

[H0rrorHound]

Hi Radzmar,

Many thanks for your fast response.

I'm really not a programmer, and easy to you...not so much for me!

I have created the rectangle and subform you have suggested, and the

numeric field in place, but I really need the actual code to enter in

the exit event of the numeric field.

Any further help you can provide would be really gratefully received.

Kindest regards...Polly.

[H0rrorHound]

Ignore me, apologies...I was trying to do it in Java, not FormCalc.

Done now! Many thanks for your help!