Problem with the formattedWidth

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Nov 20 15:15:57 EST 2012


On 11/20/12 11:47 AM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
> It appears that the formattedwidth doesn't always get updated when a new
> value is entered into a field.  I typed something into a field, then used
> the message box to get its formatted width.  Then typed a shorter string of
> characters into the field, got the formattedwidth again, and it was the
> same as for the previous text value in the field.  I haven't 100% verified
> yet, but it appears that if the new string is longer than the previous
> string, then the formatted width is reported correctly but if the new
> string is shorter than the old string, it is reported incorrectly.
>
> This is with LC 5.5.0.  Anyone else seeing this?

Is the field more than one line? If so, it will always report the widest 
part. Does it change if you get the formattedwidth of the line itself?

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