Text overflow property or function ?

xbury.cs at clearstream.com xbury.cs at clearstream.com
Tue Mar 22 04:55:02 EST 2005


On 21.03.2005 23:44:35 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>Does anybody know if there is a text overflow property of a fld, or a
>function, that can  specify the number of characters completely or
>partially clipped from the fld ?  By clipped I mean not displayed.
>
>Tnx, Bob...

Hi Bob

you can't really clip text from visibility but you can use the tabstops
to do this. 

Make sure there is a tab after each line so that the tabstop is respected. 
Then the preceding text will be clipped.

Enjoy
Xavier



-----------------------------------------
Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com
IMPORTANT MESSAGE    Internet communications are not secure and therefore
Clearstream International does not accept legal responsibility for the
contents of this message.    The information contained in this e-mail is
confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the
addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying,
distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it,
is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any views expressed in this e-mail are
those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states
them to be the views of Clearstream International or of any of its
affiliates or subsidiaries.    END OF DISCLAIMER


More information about the use-livecode mailing list