expandable area

Hi all -

I'm making a page template, the top is fixed, the bottom is fixed and I'd like to have the middle vertically expandable as I need to put more in various pages. What control is best to stick in there? A cell control, a table, other? How can I make a page template and still aloow the middle to be expandable?

What I've done in the template code is loop thtough (enumerate) all the controls on the page and fine the one that is the furthers down the page (excluding my footer). Then I re[positoin my footer to be below that.

Then I calculate the difference between the header and footer and make my left menu panel height that size.

Here is the code:

Y is int
i is int = 1
ResControl is string
ResControl = EnumControl(MyPage, i)

WHILE NoSpace(ResControl) <> ""
IF ResControl <> "CELL_CORE_FOOTER" AND {ResControl, indControl}..Visible = True THEN
IF {ResControl, indControl}..Y + {ResControl, indControl}..Height > Y THEN
Y = {ResControl, indControl}..Y + {ResControl, indControl}..Height
END
END
i++
ResControl = EnumControl(MyPage, i)
END
//
CELL_CORE_FOOTER..Y = Y + 10 // position the header 10 below the last control
CELL_CORE_FOOTER..X = 0

CELL_CORE_LEFT_MENU..Height = CELL_CORE_FOOTER..Y - (CELL_CORE_HEADER..Y + CELL_CORE_HEADER.. Height)

Perhaps I'm oversimplifying or missing the question, but you should be able to accomplish the same effect with three cells- Top, Middle, and Bottom. Make sure the box for allow overlay is unchecked, and the middle cell should push the bottom down. We have one site running in this fashion and it seems to accomplish the desired effect.

Regards,

-Marc

Marc,

I think you're right.... Another case of making somehting more difficult than it needs to be :-)

Thanks to all!

I'll give the 3 cells a try!