Adjusting a field size based upon its contents

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Francis,

This is very simple:

set the height of fld x to the formattedHeight of fld x
set the width of fld x to the formattedWidth of fld x

or

set the rect of fld x to the formattedRect of fld x

I would store the topleft of the field before setting the rect and  
restore the topleft afterwards.

Best regards,

Mark Schonewille

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Op 17-nov-2007, om 12:17 heeft Francis Nugent Dixon het volgende  
geschreven:

> Hi from Paris,
>
> I have a hidden field that I want to display after I have put a  
> specific text in it. The text is of variable size.
>
> The size of field required is obviously based on the "textSize",  
> "textFont" and "number of characters" values. I need to set the  
> size of the field (rect) so that it is just big enough for the text  
> to be displayed.
>
> If I had a few days available, I could surely work out an algorithm  
> to do this, but I need to get the new version of my application out  
> of the door quickly.
>
> Has anybody come across this problem (and solved it) ?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> -Francis
>
>