My question is quite general, but here is what I would like to achieve.

It's about basketball game, where we have quarters. I have a scoreboard that shows the result:
After (or during) 2nd quarter: 1st, 2nd and total score
After (or during) 3rd quarter: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and total score
etc. (with up to 2 overtimes)

I did a script that increments score fields each quarter and updates total score too.

1st quarter score and 2nd quarter score fields are always at the same place. But when we add 3rd quarter score, the total score moves right. Then, when we add 4th quarter score the total score moves again.

The total score is represented with total_home_score and total_away_score fields. I'd like to change their margins when the quarter is changed to 3, 4, OT1 or OT2.

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I did a workaround, creating multiple total_score fields (each quarter..), but it's not neat.
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Anyway, scripting tool is awesome. And it's an opinion of someone who is not a programmer.

Here it is.




I described one solution - switching to next quarter:
- change background image
- move total_score_home and total_score_away right (= change margin of total_score_home and total_score_away)

Second solution: no total_score fields, but fields:
score_row1_col1
score_row1_col2
score_row1_col3
score_row1_col4 (...)
score_row2_col1 (...)
score_row2_col6
score_row2_col7

When quarter 2:
score_row1_col1 = score of home team in quarter one
score_row1_col2 = score of home team in quarter two
score_row1_col3 = total score of home team - font color black(!)
score_row2_col1 = score of away team in quarter one
score_row2_col2 = score of away team in quarter two
score_row2_col3 = total score of away team - font color black(!)
fields with col4 to 7 - set to empty (not 0!)

When quarter 3:
change background image
score_row1_col3 = score of home team in quarter three - font color changed to white(!)
score_row1_col4 = total score of home team - font color black(!)
score_row2_col3 = score of away team in quarter three - font color changed to white(!)
score_row2_col4 = total score of away team - font color black


The third solution was to make white and black fields at the same position and that is what I applied. But the script is long, the xaml file is unnecessarily big... It just would be wiser to change the total_score fields position (solution one) or change fields color (solution two).

Hi. You can use triggers to switch between quarters. If you don't want to animate it, it will be simply.

As I understood, you have an image for each quarter?

I'll try to make an example, but later.

You can set x:Name property of your text fields, and change any properties that you want. Can't you?

Something like that

txt_score_home4.Fill = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
txt_score_home4.Margin = new Thickness(100, 200, 1, 50);

At the moment only text and image properties can be changed in the API and in Scripting.
This may be expanded in future releases.

In a graphic title (XAML file), you can make variables, that can be used to set colors. This way you can make an API call to change the value of the variable, in the same way you normally change the text in a title. I've made a demo with a title where the background of the title changes.