newtOverLayout

Optional

OverviewAbstract
func(target, bbox). This method is called once for every entry displayed in a row. target is a soup entry; bbox is a bounding frame (with top/left/bottom/right slots). It should return a graphical object that will draw within the specified bounding frame.
A graphical object is returned rather than a string so that icons and other shapes can be drawn in the row. This also makes multiple fonts, styles, and sizes possible.
If this entry has stationery associated with it, OverviewAbstract isn't called. In such cases, the dataDef is used to obtain a textual representation of the entry, and newtOverLayout constructs a graphical shape from that.

Note:The MakeText routine will take a string and top, left, bottom, and right values and return a graphic shape. The default version of this routine returns an empty graphic shape.

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Last modified: 1 DEC 1996