Sharon, make the number of characters in the title exactly the length of the choose
expression.
Sharon Lima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks Randy,
>
>I tried setting SELMARGIN from 0 �to 10 and
>no setting made any difference in the position of the
>text of the TITLE line. �It looks like the text designated for
>the TITLE line is CENTERED no matter what the settings are.
>
>Actually this has become a diversion beyond its importance.
>I have to resist the temptation to keep at this.
>Maybe 7.0 will make this a mute point.
>Wouldn't that be nice!
>
>Sharon Lima
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "randyp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 3:08 AM
>Subject: Re: Choose Part 2 - Text Formatting
>
>
>> Sharon,
>>
>> � � � � Is the the issue you were dealing with?
>>
>>
>> Syntax: SET SELMARGIN value
>>
>> Range: 0 to the width of your screen
>>
>> Default: 0
>>
>> Use SELMARGIN to set the left margin for displaying the results of a
>SELECT
>> command.
>> The default for SELMARGIN is 0 (zero), which sets the margin to column 2.
>Use
>> SELMARGIN when an ASCII file requires a predefined position or when data
>has a
>> required starting point.
>>
>> Note: Setting SELMARGIN to 0 (zero) or 2 begins the left margin at column
>two.
>>
>> � � � � Randy Peterson
>>
>> PS. �You might try setting SELMARGIN to 1 if you want the title in the far
>> left position.
>>
>> Sharon Lima wrote:
>>
>> > Just to follow-up, I finally came up with the following:
>> > Since I could not move the Title Line all the way to the left,
>> > I added spaces before the first column so it falls under
>> > "Last Name" of the Title Line.
>> >
>> > CHOOSE vtEmpID FROM #VALUES FOR +
>> > (' � � �' +
>> > & LJS(FORMAT(ELNAME,'%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'),16) +
>> > & LJS(FORMAT(EFNAME,'%%%%%%%%%%%%'),12) +
>> > & LJS(FORMAT(SPOUSE,'%%%%%%%%%%'),10)), +
>> > EMP# FROM Employee +
>> > ORDER BY ELNAME, EFNAME +
>> > AT CENTER, CENTER TITLE +
>> > 'Last Name � � � � � � � First Name � � � � � Spouse' +
>> > LINES 8 FORMATTED
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:48 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Choose Part 2 - Text Formatting
>> >
>> > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:43:10 +0100, Alastair Burr wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >I think it was Bill Downall who has used a union command in the
>> > > >choose to add in a header line to the menu items.
>> > >
>> > > Yes, but it was rather kludgy. You have to be sure that the title
>sorts
>> > > alphabetically first, before the first real choice, and your code has
>to
>> > be
>> > > ready to deal with somebody choosing your jury-rigged "title."
>> > >
>> > > Richard's idea of "trial and error" until they line up with the TITLE
>> > 'title
>> > > text' syntax is what I usually do.
>> > >
>> > > What's quite nice now is that the newest DOS version will gracefully
>> > > ignore the Windows-only syntax features, like CAPTION and
>> > > FORMATTED, so you can more easily create CHOOSE commands
>> > > that look good in either �DOS and Windows versions.
>> > >
>> > > Bill
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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