topic Text Box Collapse Left Side in Mathcad

Text Box Collapse Left Side

Raiko — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:45:35 GMT

Hi Guys,

I tried to enhance mathcad Prime's page counter as the counter does not allow starting with a page number other than 1. So I'm using a textbox as a page counter. In this textbox I have an input and an output. The counter shall increase by one on each consecutive page making it possible to combine several files into one. Or so I thought.

For some reason I can't hide or collapse the left side of the textbox which makes it appear ungainly. I've tried to hide it and to collapse it. To no avail.

Does anybody have an idea what I'm doing wrong?

Raiko

P.S.

I'd prefer to have this textbox in the footer, but prime does not accept it. Any idea how to change this?

Re: Text Box Collapse Left Side

DJNewman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:27:32 GMT

I can't replicate your issue of not being able to hide or collapse the left side. Here is what your worksheet looks like after opening it and changing nothing.

As for the header/footer, there are lots of things you can't put in there or can't do with things there; advanced controls are one of them.

Re: Text Box Collapse Left Side

Werner_E — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:49:46 GMT

Turn off the redefinition warnings and the left hand side assignments will be hidden. Admittedly - a rather stupid program behavior that should be improved. The warnings should not overrule the hiding of the left hand side.

You may turn off the redefinition warnings as a whole or at least uncheck "User Defined - Scalar Variables".

Re: Text Box Collapse Left Side

Werner_E — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:59:43 GMT

@DJNewman wrote:

I can't replicate your issue of not being able to hide or collapse the left side.

Actually the left hand side still IS hidden and collapsed. But if you turn on the redefinition warnings for user-defined variables (I guess its turned off on your system as it is on mine), the assignment gets un-hidden to be able to display the green wavy line. Not necessarily desirable behavior, I guess.

I never paid attention to it but now I tested it and found, that those wavy line do not vanish when the document is printed or exported as XPS. This does not make much sense to me. The warming may be helpful while editing the worksheet in Prime, but not in a print-out.

Re: Text Box Collapse Left Side

Raiko — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 06:15:01 GMT

If this isn't the very definition of "quick 'n dirty". Stupid software behavior indeed.

Thanks for your help

Raiko