TfrMemoView Autosize

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• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  December 2003 edited 1:25PM

  Hi Jean Luc
  not exactly sure of what you are trying to do here.
  but if it is trying to vary the number of periods between
  Qualite : .. Bonne.
  you could do something like this
  create a variable myfilltxt in dictionary set it to'..........' max number of dots.
  then use copy function to set desired number of dots
  using 1 memo, memo could contain
  | static text [copy([myfilltxt],1,[numreq])] [fieldvalue] |
  and right justify it
  you can then set the value for numreq in the obp event of the band based on the value of an expression.
  or if you have added function library from powerpak installed you could use pad functions.
  this should give you some ideas.
  regards
• Eldborn

  February 2009 edited 1:25PM

  I tried to use the example provided by gordk but it doesn't display properly. The problem is that the dots doesn't allocate the same width as a normal character. Therefor even if I add different amounts of dots (based on lastname+surname length) the last character is printed at different locations.
  
  My field looks like this: Lastname, Surname ....... #pagenr. These strings are stored in a Stringlist which is printed in a for loop except dots which is a variable (like numreq).
  
  Example:
  Johnson, John.................. 56
  
  Is there a way to change the width of a character so whatever it print, it allocates the same width on a line? I'm actually using FR 3
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  February 2009 edited 1:25PM

  if using fr3 then post in the fr3 forum.
  to do what you want, you need to use 3 tfrx memo views, would be better if name was one field, page was last field, and dots are just text in over sized in width memo, in between.
  auto size first memoview, retrieve calcwidth then set the left and width props of other memoviews as needed.
• Eldborn

  February 2009 edited February 2009

  It's working! You're a lifesaver gordk! There's only one more problem. When calculating the size of the dots i first set Calcwidth on col 1 and col 3 (dots is col2 then). The problem is that in these columns I have text with embedded html for formatting. The calcwidth then gives a bigger width value than what it is after printed. Hence the Dots.Left is placed with spaces.
  I have tried using different combinations of OnBeforeprint & OnBeforeData with no success. I would like to change on which order the columns (memoviews) events are being handled so that dots are managed last. In other words, first supply data for col 1 and 3, then print and replace html tags, calculatewidth and set values of dots from calwidth on col 1 and 3.
  
  I can't seem to post items in the forum, just reply. I sent an email to the forum administrator with no reply yet.