property for text overflow?

Eric Chatonet eric.chatonet at sosmartsoftware.com
Tue Jul 22 08:41:38 EDT 2008


Bonjour Tiemo,

Le 22 juil. 08 à 14:35, Tiemo Hollmann TB a écrit :

> Hi, I can't remember and find if there is a field property or a  
> function to
> check, if a text in a field fits in the visible part of the field.  
> Something
> like text overflow?
>
> Or how can I compare the length of a text with the width of a field  
> (single
> line)? Probably done a thousand times.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tiemo

1. See dontWrap property
2. the formattedWidth of fld "MyField" > the width of fld "MyField"

Might help :-)

Best regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet.
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