Hey David.. I came across another forum post http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=F2B4C560BBD499B755486C6&status=&searchInput=icon&sortColumn=FT.dateStampUTC&sortUpDown=DESC¤tPage=1&doViews=1 and in my experiences after posting on another forum topic, the topic doesn't descend to the top of the list instead the posts go unnoticed. -on with the matter. I followed your steps in which I made int boxWidth= 150; and set the button box to red so I can see the dimensions I was working with. I have the button box set up with the exact size I'd like it to be but the button within the button box is still 50 pixels. On step D. You mention that I'll have to edit the content within the frame to the standards I'd like. I've tried messing around with different variables inside MT_button_view and menubuttons file but I can't seem to find the profile lines of code to edit to make the button wider. I have my buttons set up horizontal right and button size 50. But I only want to change the width of the button. Every time I change the buttonSize, it still remains in a square format. What file/line of code would I have to edit to make the button within the button box the same width as the button box? -using v1.5-iOS Any ideas?

For sure this long running list of discussions isn't ideal and forum posts / comments / questions do get buried deep into the unknown. LOL. Kind of a long running issue that someday will get worked out. Back to the matter: If you adjust the button size with the 'buttonSize' property they will be square, this is intentional. If you want a rectangle instead of a square you'll need to adjust the code itself, in the objective c. It sounds like you've got this close to working the way you want. And, it's also good that you have the colored square to reference so you can see what you're adjusting. It's a matter of figuring out what the boxWidth property is affecting (the box the button is in of the box itself, or both). Maybe you could apply the same color logic to all the parts inside the button box so you can see whats happening. In other words, maybe give the label, button, and all the other parts inside the box their own individual colors so you can see what's applying the size adjustments you're making.

Hi. This issue is really stopping me at the moment. If you get this sorted out would you mind sharing what you did. I would really like to have a homepage of glossy rectangle buttons. Thanks C

I have rectangle buttons, I made a customScreen (copy/duplicate BT_screen_menuButtons) and this is my code; #import <Foundation/Foundation.h> #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> #import BT_viewController.h #import BT_downloader.h #import BT_item.h @interface agendaButtons : BT_viewController <BT_downloadFileDelegate, UIScrollViewDelegate>{ BT_downloader *downloader; NSMutableArray *menuItems; NSMutableArray *menuItemViews; UIScrollView *myScrollView; int didInit; double deviceWidth; double deviceHeight; NSString *saveAsFileName; //properties filled by JSON NSString *buttonLayoutStyle; NSString *buttonLabelLayoutStyle; UIColor *buttonLabelFontColor; double buttonOpacity; int buttonLabelFontSize; int buttonPadding; BOOL isLoading; } @property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *menuItems; @property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *menuItemViews; @property (nonatomic, retain) UIScrollView *myScrollView; @property (nonatomic, retain) BT_downloader *downloader; @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *saveAsFileName; @property (nonatomic) int didInit; @property (nonatomic) double deviceWidth; @property (nonatomic) double deviceHeight; @property (nonatomic) BOOL isLoading; @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *buttonLayoutStyle; @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *buttonLabelLayoutStyle; @property (nonatomic, retain) UIColor *buttonLabelFontColor; @property (nonatomic) double buttonOpacity; @property (nonatomic) int buttonLabelFontSize; @property (nonatomic) int buttonSizeWidth; @property (nonatomic) int buttonSizeHeight; @property (nonatomic) int buttonPadding; -(void)menuItemTap:(id)sender; -(void)fadeView:(UIView *)theView; -(void)loadData; -(void)downloadData; -(void)layoutScreen; -(void)parseScreenData:(NSString *)theData; -(void)checkIsLoading; @end and the .m file #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> #import <Foundation/Foundation.h> #import JSON.h #import oeteldonk_appDelegate.h #import BT_fileManager.h #import BT_color.h #import BT_viewUtilities.h #import BT_downloader.h #import BT_item.h #import BT_strings.h #import BT_debugger.h #import BT_viewControllerManager.h #import agenda_button_view.h #import agendaButtons.h @implementation agendaButtons @synthesize menuItems, menuItemViews, myScrollView; @synthesize downloader, deviceWidth, deviceHeight, saveAsFileName, didInit; @synthesize buttonLayoutStyle, buttonLabelLayoutStyle, buttonLabelFontColor, buttonOpacity; @synthesize buttonLabelFontSize, buttonSizeWidth, buttonSizeHeight, buttonPadding, isLoading; //viewDidLoad -(void)viewDidLoad{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@viewDidLoad]; [super viewDidLoad]; //init screen properties [self setDidInit:0]; self.buttonSizeWidth = 320; self.buttonSizeHeight = 100; self.buttonPadding = 0; self.buttonLayoutStyle = @grid; self.buttonLabelLayoutStyle = @bottom; self.buttonLabelFontColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor]; self.buttonLabelFontSize = 13; self.isLoading = FALSE; NSString *stringOpacity = @1.0; //appDelegate oeteldonk_appDelegate *appDelegate = (oeteldonk_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; self.deviceWidth = [appDelegate.rootApp.rootDevice deviceWidth]; self.deviceHeight = [appDelegate.rootApp.rootDevice deviceHeight]; //add the content views..they get resized and updated in layoutScreen method self.myScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, deviceWidth, deviceHeight)]; [self.myScrollView setShowsVerticalScrollIndicator:FALSE]; [self.myScrollView setShowsHorizontalScrollIndicator:FALSE]; [self.myScrollView setDelegate:self]; self.myScrollView.autoresizingMask = (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth); //prevent scrolling? if([[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@preventAllScrolling:@] isEqualToString:@1]){ [self.myScrollView setScrollEnabled:FALSE]; } //opacity stringOpacity = [NSString stringWithFormat:@.%@, [BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonOpacity:@100]]; if([stringOpacity isEqualToString:@.100]) stringOpacity = @1.0; if([stringOpacity isEqualToString:@]) stringOpacity = @1.0; //layout style self.buttonLayoutStyle = [BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonLayoutStyle:@grid]; self.buttonLabelLayoutStyle = [BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonLabelLayoutStyle:@below]; //font color self.buttonLabelFontColor = [BT_color getColorFromHexString:[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonLabelFontColor:@#CCCCCC]]; //convert button opacity self.buttonOpacity = [stringOpacity doubleValue]; //some settings depend on the device size if([appDelegate.rootApp.rootDevice isIPad]){ //use large settings self.buttonSizeWidth = [[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonSizeLargeDevice:@60] intValue]; self.buttonLabelFontSize = [[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonLabelFontSizeLargeDevice:@13] intValue]; self.buttonPadding = [[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonPaddingLargeDevice:@15] intValue]; }else{ //use small settings self.buttonSizeWidth = [[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonSizeSmallDevice:@60] intValue]; self.buttonLabelFontSize = [[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonLabelFontSizeSmallDevice:@13] intValue]; self.buttonPadding = [[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@buttonPaddingSmallDevice:@15] intValue]; } //add the scrollview [self.view addSubview:myScrollView]; } //view will appear -(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{ [super viewWillAppear:animated]; [BT_debugger showIt:self:@viewWillAppear]; //flag this as the current screen oeteldonk_appDelegate *appDelegate = (oeteldonk_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; appDelegate.rootApp.currentScreenData = self.screenData; //setup navigation bar and background [BT_viewUtilities configureBackgroundAndNavBar:self:[self screenData]]; //if we have not yet inited data.. if(self.didInit == 0){ //get data [self performSelector:(@selector(loadData)) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.1]; //flag [self setDidInit:1]; }else{ [self layoutScreen]; } } //load data -(void)loadData{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@loadData]; //flag as loading self.isLoading = TRUE; Screen Data scenarios -------------------------------- a) No dataURL is provided in the screen data - use the info configured in the app's configuration file b) A cached version of the screens childItems exists, use this. c) A dataURL is provided, download now if we don't have a cache, else, download on refresh. */ self.saveAsFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@screenData_%@.txt, [screenData itemId]]; //flag in progress self.isLoading = TRUE; //if we have child items in the screens data (we should), parse and display those. If the screen has a dataURL //the refresh logic will download a refreshed version of the child-items. if([[self.screenData jsonVars] objectForKey:@childItems]){ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@parsing menu-items from app's configuration file.]; //init the items array self.menuItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; NSArray *tmpMenuItems = [[self.screenData jsonVars] objectForKey:@childItems]; for(NSDictionary *tmpMenuItem in tmpMenuItems){ BT_item *thisMenuItem = [[BT_item alloc] init]; thisMenuItem.itemId = [tmpMenuItem objectForKey:@itemId]; thisMenuItem.itemType = [tmpMenuItem objectForKey:@itemType]; thisMenuItem.jsonVars = tmpMenuItem; [self.menuItems addObject:thisMenuItem]; [thisMenuItem release]; } //layout screen [self layoutScreen]; }else{ //look for a previously cached version of this screens data... if([BT_fileManager doesLocalFileExist:[self saveAsFileName]]){ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@parsing cached version of screen data]; NSString *staleData = [BT_fileManager readTextFileFromCacheWithEncoding:self.saveAsFileName:-1]; [self parseScreenData:staleData]; }else{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@no cached version of this screens data available.]; if([[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@dataURL:@] length] > 3){ [self downloadData]; } } } } //download data -(void)downloadData{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@downloading screen data from: %@, [self saveAsFileName]]]; //flag this as the current screen oeteldonk_appDelegate *appDelegate = (oeteldonk_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; appDelegate.rootApp.currentScreenData = self.screenData; //show progress [self showProgress]; NSString *tmpURL = @; if([[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@dataURL:@] length] > 3){ //merge url variables tmpURL = [BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@dataURL:@]; ///merge possible variables in URL NSString *useURL = [BT_strings mergeBTVariablesInString:tmpURL]; NSString *escapedUrl = [useURL stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; //fire downloader to fetch and results downloader = [[BT_downloader alloc] init]; [downloader setSaveAsFileName:[self saveAsFileName]]; [downloader setSaveAsFileType:@text]; [downloader setUrlString:escapedUrl]; [downloader setDelegate:self]; [downloader downloadFile]; } } //parse screen data -(void)parseScreenData:(NSString *)theData{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@parseScreenData]; @try { //arrays for screenData self.menuItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; //create dictionary from the JSON string SBJsonParser *parser = [SBJsonParser new]; id jsonData = [parser objectWithString:theData]; if(!jsonData){ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@ERROR parsing JSON: %@, parser.errorTrace]]; [self showAlert:NSLocalizedString(@errorTitle,@~ Error ~):NSLocalizedString(@appParseError, @There was a problem parsing some configuration data. Please make sure that it is well-formed):0]; [BT_fileManager deleteFile:[self saveAsFileName]]; }else{ if([jsonData objectForKey:@childItems]){ NSArray *tmpMenuItems = [jsonData objectForKey:@childItems]; for(NSDictionary *tmpMenuItem in tmpMenuItems){ BT_item *thisMenuItem = [[BT_item alloc] init]; thisMenuItem.itemId = [tmpMenuItem objectForKey:@itemId]; thisMenuItem.itemType = [tmpMenuItem objectForKey:@itemType]; thisMenuItem.jsonVars = tmpMenuItem; [self.menuItems addObject:thisMenuItem]; [thisMenuItem release]; } } //layout screen [self layoutScreen]; } }@catch (NSException * e) { //delete bogus data, show alert [BT_fileManager deleteFile:[self saveAsFileName]]; [self showAlert:NSLocalizedString(@errorTitle,@~ Error ~):NSLocalizedString(@appParseError, @There was a problem parsing some configuration data. Please make sure that it is well-formed):0]; [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@error parsing screen data: %@, e]]; } } //build screen -(void)layoutScreen{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@layoutScreen]; //appDelegate oeteldonk_appDelegate *appDelegate = (oeteldonk_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; self.deviceWidth = [appDelegate.rootApp.rootDevice deviceWidth]; self.deviceHeight = [appDelegate.rootApp.rootDevice deviceHeight]; //if we are hiding the tabber we need to add some space at the bottom if([[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:[self screenData]:@hideBottomTabBarWhenScreenLoads:@0] isEqualToString:@1]){ self.deviceHeight += 40; } //if we are in landscape, swap width / height values self.deviceWidth = UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(self.interfaceOrientation) ? [appDelegate.rootApp.rootDevice deviceWidth] : [appDelegate.rootApp.rootDevice deviceHeight]; //adjust scroller size... [self.myScrollView setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, deviceWidth, deviceHeight)]; //holds each view/button for tracking what was tapped self.menuItemViews = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; //we may be refreshing so we need to empty the scrollview for(UIView *subview in [self.myScrollView subviews]){ [subview removeFromSuperview]; } //possible button layout styles: grid, verticalLeft, verticalRight, horizontalTop, horizontalBottom //possible label layout styles: above, top, middle, bottom, below (labels are same width as buttons) //default values int left = 0; int top = 0; int tmpCount = 0; //controls go in a box so we can center everything. IMPORTANT. If the screen uses a transparent navigation bar, the buttons will appear underneath the navigation bar, move them down 44 pixels to prevent this. */ if([[BT_strings getStyleValueForScreen:self.screenData:@navBarStyle:@] isEqualToString:@transparent]){ top = (top + 44); } //if this is a tabbed app, remove space for bottom tabs... if([appDelegate.rootApp.tabs count] > 0){ deviceHeight = (deviceHeight - 50); } //number of buttons in array int numButtons = [self.menuItems count]; //box size must get larger if label is above or below the button int boxWidth = self.buttonSizeWidth; int boxHeight = self.buttonSizeHeight; int labelHeight = self.buttonLabelFontSize + 8; //if we are using grid layout, we need to calculate how may buttons per row so columns/rows work out double buttonsPerRow = floor(deviceWidth / (boxWidth)); //label and box frames depend on the buttonLabelLayoutStyle CGRect buttonRect = CGRectMake(0,0, buttonSizeWidth, buttonSizeHeight); //setup scroll view. It's size depends on the button layout int contentWidth = 0; int contentHeight = 0; //grid if([buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@grid] || [buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@]){ contentWidth = deviceWidth; contentHeight = ((boxHeight + labelHeight) * (numButtons + 10)) / buttonsPerRow - (deviceHeight * 1.5); if(contentHeight < deviceHeight) contentHeight = (deviceHeight + 50); self.myScrollView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, deviceWidth, deviceHeight); self.myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(contentWidth, contentHeight); } //verticalLeft if([buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@verticalLeft]){ contentWidth = (boxWidth + buttonPadding); contentHeight = numButtons * (boxHeight + buttonPadding) + (boxHeight + buttonPadding) + 125; if(contentHeight < deviceHeight) contentHeight = (contentHeight + 100); self.myScrollView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, boxWidth + (buttonPadding * 2), deviceHeight); self.myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(contentWidth, contentHeight); } //verticalRight if([buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@verticalRight]){ contentWidth = (boxWidth + buttonPadding); contentHeight = numButtons * (boxHeight + buttonPadding) + (boxHeight + buttonPadding) + 125; if(contentHeight < deviceHeight) contentHeight = (contentHeight + 100); self.myScrollView.frame = CGRectMake(deviceWidth - (boxWidth + buttonPadding + buttonPadding), 0, boxWidth + (buttonPadding * 2), deviceHeight); self.myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(contentWidth, contentHeight); } //horiztonalTop if([buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@horizontalTop]){ contentWidth = (numButtons + 1) * (boxWidth + buttonPadding) + 100;; contentHeight = (boxHeight + labelHeight); if(contentWidth < deviceWidth) contentWidth = (contentWidth + 75); self.myScrollView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, deviceWidth, (boxHeight + labelHeight)); self.myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(contentWidth, contentHeight); } //horiztonalBottom if([buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@horizontalBottom]){ contentWidth = (numButtons + 1) * (boxWidth + buttonPadding) + 100; contentHeight = (boxHeight + labelHeight); if(contentWidth < deviceWidth) contentWidth = (contentWidth + 75); //landscape or portrait...tabbed or not... if(UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(self.interfaceOrientation)){ //portrait mode self.myScrollView.frame = CGRectMake(0, (deviceHeight - boxHeight - boxHeight), deviceWidth, (boxHeight + labelHeight)); }else{ //landscape mode oeteldonk_appDelegate *appDelegate = (oeteldonk_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; if([appDelegate.rootApp.tabs count] > 0){ self.myScrollView.frame = CGRectMake(0, (deviceHeight - boxHeight - boxHeight) - (45 + boxHeight + labelHeight), deviceWidth, (boxHeight + labelHeight)); } } self.myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(contentWidth, contentHeight); } //add each menuItem (button) for(int x = 0; x < numButtons; x++){ [self.menuItems objectAtIndex:x]; tmpCount++; //create the label and the box after we figured out the frames. UIView *buttonBox = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(left, top, boxWidth, boxHeight)]; [buttonBox setTag:x]; //init a BT_button (this is background color or image) agenda_button_view *thisButton = [[agenda_button_view alloc] initWithMenuItemData:(BT_item *)[self.menuItems objectAtIndex:x]:[self screenData]]; [thisButton setFrame:buttonRect]; [thisButton setAlpha:buttonOpacity]; [thisButton setUserInteractionEnabled:YES]; [buttonBox addSubview:thisButton]; //fire the showImage function in BT_button (it runs in a background thread) [thisButton showImage]; [thisButton release]; thisButton = nil; //BT_button is a UIView, add a transparent button on top so it's clickable UIButton *tmpButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:buttonRect]; [tmpButton addTarget:self action:@selector(menuItemTap:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside]; [tmpButton setTag:x]; [buttonBox addSubview:tmpButton]; [tmpButton release]; tmpButton = nil; //add buttonBox to items array so we can refer to it when it's tapped [self.menuItemViews addObject:buttonBox]; //add to scroll view [myScrollView addSubview:buttonBox]; //clean up [buttonBox release]; buttonBox = nil; ///////////////////////////////////////////////// //left and top depend on the buttonLayoutStyle //grid (resets rows / cols in loop) if([buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@grid]){ //increment left left = (left + buttonSizeWidth); //do left or top need reset? if(tmpCount >= buttonsPerRow){ left = 0; top = (top + buttonSizeHeight); //if the label is above or below add height of label to top value if([buttonLabelLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@above] || [buttonLabelLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@below]){ top += labelHeight; } //reset tmpCount = 0; } } //verticalLeft or verticalRight (top changes, left constant) if([buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@verticalLeft] || [buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@verticalRight]){ top = (top + (boxHeight + buttonPadding)); } //horizontalTop or horizontalBottom (left changes, top constant) if([buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@horizontalTop] || [buttonLayoutStyle isEqualToString:@horizontalBottom]){ left = (left + buttonSizeHeight + buttonPadding); } }//end for each button... //flag as not loading self.isLoading = FALSE; } //button tap -(void)menuItemTap:(id)sender{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@menuItemTap]; UIButton *tmpButton = (UIButton *)sender; //tag is index of menuItemViews array int i = tmpButton.tag; //trigger animation on the calling view UIView *tmpView = [self.menuItemViews objectAtIndex:i]; //home-baked button fade-out [self fadeView:tmpView]; //send menu_item data to navigation method (delay this slightly so we can see fade effect on button) BT_item *thisMenuItem = [self.menuItems objectAtIndex:i]; [self performSelector:@selector(launchScreen:) withObject:thisMenuItem afterDelay:.2]; } //launch screen -(void)launchScreen:(BT_item *)theMenuItem{ //appDelegate oeteldonk_appDelegate *appDelegate = (oeteldonk_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; //get the itemId of the screen to load NSString *loadScreenItemId = [BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:theMenuItem.jsonVars:@loadScreenWithItemId:@0]; //use the id of the screen we want to load to get it's data object from the app BT_item *screenObjectToLoad = [appDelegate.rootApp getScreenDataByItemId:loadScreenItemId]; //BT_viewControllerManager will launch the next screen [BT_viewControllerManager handleTapToLoadScreen:[self screenData]:theMenuItem:screenObjectToLoad]; } //fade the view (button) when tapped -(void)fadeView:(UIView *)theView{ //fade out... [theView setAlpha:buttonOpacity]; [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil]; [UIView setAnimationDuration:.1]; [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self]; [theView setAlpha:0.1]; [UIView commitAnimations]; //then back in... [theView setAlpha:.1]; [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil]; [UIView setAnimationDuration:.2]; [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self]; [theView setAlpha:1.0]; [UIView commitAnimations]; } //left button -(void)navLeftTap{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@navLeftTap]; [BT_viewControllerManager handleLeftButton:screenData]; } //right button -(void)navRightTap{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@navRightTap]; [BT_viewControllerManager handleRightButton:screenData]; } //show progress -(void)showProgress{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@showProgress]; if(progressView == nil){ progressView = [BT_viewUtilities getProgressView:@]; [self.view addSubview:progressView]; } } -(void)hideProgress{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@hideProgress]; if(progressView != nil){ [progressView removeFromSuperview]; progressView = nil; } } //helper method to show alerts -(void)showAlert:(NSString *)theTitle:(NSString *)theMessage{ [self hideProgress]; UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:theTitle message:theMessage delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:NSLocalizedString(@ok, OK) otherButtonTitles:nil]; [alertView show]; [alertView release]; } //allows us to check to see if we pulled-down to refresh -(void)scrollViewWillBeginDecelerating:(UIScrollView *)scrollView{ [self checkIsLoading]; } -(void)checkIsLoading{ if(isLoading){ return; }else{ //how far down did we pull (or left for horizontal buttons views) ? double down = myScrollView.contentOffset.y; double left = myScrollView.contentOffset.x; if(down <= - 65 || left <= -65){ if([[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@dataURL:@1] length] > 3){ [self downloadData]; } } } } ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //downloader delegate methods -(void)downloadFileStarted:(NSString *)message{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@downloadFileStarted: %@, message]]; } -(void)downloadFileInProgress:(NSString *)message{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@downloadFileInProgress: %@, message]]; if(progressView != nil){ UILabel *tmpLabel = (UILabel *)[progressView.subviews objectAtIndex:2]; [tmpLabel setText:message]; } } -(void)downloadFileCompleted:(NSString *)message{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@downloadFileCompleted: %@, message]]; [self hideProgress]; //if message contains error, look for previously cached data... if([message rangeOfString:@ERROR-1968 options:NSCaseInsensitiveSearch].location != NSNotFound){ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@download error: There was a problem downloading data from the internet.%@, message]]; //NSLog(@Message: %@, message); //show alert [self showAlert:nil:NSLocalizedString(@downloadError, @There was a problem downloading some data. Check your internet connection then try again.)]; //show local data if it exists if([BT_fileManager doesLocalFileExist:[self saveAsFileName]]){ //use stale data if we have it NSString *staleData = [BT_fileManager readTextFileFromCacheWithEncoding:self.saveAsFileName:-1]; [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@building screen from stale configuration data saved at: @, [self saveAsFileName]]]; [self parseScreenData:staleData]; }else{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@There is no local data availalbe for this screen?%@, @]]; //if we have items... else.. show alert if(self.menuItems.count > 0){ [self layoutScreen]; } } }else{ //parse previously saved data if([BT_fileManager doesLocalFileExist:[self saveAsFileName]]){ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@parsing downloaded screen data.%@, @]]; NSString *downloadedData = [BT_fileManager readTextFileFromCacheWithEncoding:[self saveAsFileName]:-1]; [self parseScreenData:downloadedData]; }else{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:[NSString stringWithFormat:@Error caching downloaded file: %@, [self saveAsFileName]]]; [self layoutScreen]; //show alert [self showAlert:nil:NSLocalizedString(@appDownloadError, @There was a problem saving some data downloaded from the internet.)]; } } } //dealloc -(void)dealloc { [screenData release]; screenData = nil; [progressView release]; progressView = nil; [menuItems release]; menuItems = nil; [menuItemViews release]; menuItemViews = nil; [myScrollView release]; myScrollView = nil; [downloader release]; downloader = nil; [saveAsFileName release]; saveAsFileName = nil; [buttonLayoutStyle release]; buttonLayoutStyle = nil; [buttonLabelLayoutStyle release]; buttonLabelLayoutStyle = nil; [buttonLabelFontColor release]; buttonLabelFontColor = nil; [super dealloc]; } @end this is the result in my screen... only problem I'm facing now is that if a scroll it's scroll endless!! @David http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23801716/foto%202.PNG

This post might help, it's about content height. http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=E45E2692EBE2BF5098667D5&status=&searchInput=Button&sortColumn=FT.dateStampUTC&sortUpDown=DESC¤tPage=1&doViews=1

My brain exploded when I saw that, but thank you, thank you, thank you. Chris