Database functionality and tab stops in fields

Sarah sarahr at genesearch.com.au
Sun Apr 28 21:53:12 EDT 2002


On Friday, April 26, 2002, at 03:35  pm, Barry Levine wrote:

> Sarah Reichelt was kind enough to detail a method of creating reports 
> using the tab stops feature.
Thank you.

> It would be great if there was a way to specify -each- tab stop (like 
> "30,100,150,100,150" meaning "30 pixels -or characters- from the left, 
> then 100 more to the next tab stop, then 150 more to the next..., etc.)
There is a way:
	set the tabStops of fld "My List" to "30,100,150,100,150"
Turn the vertical grid on and you will see it happening.
Setting tabStops in the properties palette is also possible but the 
field is very short - just keep typing and it will work OK.

Sarah





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