Sarah
I wasn't the one to ask the question but thanks. This will be useful.
regards
David
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 10:11 , Sarah Reichelt wrote:
> I have done a bit of work on such a display and here are the techniques
> I used:
>
> A single field with tab-stops (turn on the vertical grid so you can see
> what's happening)
>
> Shorten any text that is longer than the tab-stops:
> I do this using a hidden field with the same text properties and
> the same width as the tab-stops.
> This function returns the shortened version of the text: (thanks
> to Geoff Canyon for this function)
> The "Format Check" field must NOT be set to dontWrap and the
> maximum number of complete words will be returned:
>
> function truncateToFit theString
> put theString into fld "Format Check"
> return (line 1 of the formattedText of fld "Format Check")
> end truncateToFit
>
> If you want the maximum number of characters and don't care about
> complete words,
> then set the dontWrap of the Format Check field to true and
> use this function instead:
>
> function trimToFit theString
> put theString into fld "Format Check"
> repeat while the formattedWidth of fld "Format Check" > the
> width of fld "Format Check"
> delete last char of fld "Format Check"
> end repeat
> return fld "Format Check"
> end trimToFit
>
> Use the format function to right-align numbers:
> format("%6.2f", myNumber) -- 4.7 returns " 4.70"
> format("%6d",myNumber) -- 56 returns " 56"
>
> Then use revPrintField and in the latest versions, it produces a
> beautifully aligned print-out.
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
>
>
> On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 08:14 am, Barry Levine wrote:
>
>> I posted this question once before but only received one response
>> (which I have not tried yet). How are you handling the printing of
>> reports through Revolution? Do you put them into a field with tabs to
>> separate columns of numbers/text? How about multiple fields lined up
>> parallel to each other? What method do you use? Are there any stacks
>> posted anywhere that illustrate the technique?
>
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