Scrolling List Field/Table

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Jacque,
I'm converted!  Just not quite 100% there yet.  If I'm not mistaken, I have
the same right justification problem if I use a standard table.

I'd like to use the para style properties because no scrolling issues that
way. I wonder if I can simulate the right justification.. maybe put the
text into a hidden field, get its formatted width then somehow position it
up against the tab on the right.  I'm not using a monospaced font but
perhaps that could be made to work somehow.

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>



On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 5:46 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> On 11/17/12 6:11 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
>> Cool,that works well for what I want to do.  I have one remaining issue
>> though.  I have set tab stops and the xGrid properties to make it look
>> like
>> a table, but I need one of the columns to be right-justified and I don;t
>> think I can do that with this method since the textALign property applies
>> to the whole line.
>>
>> May be I need to look at the more complex, arraybased, styledText
>> property?
>>
>
> The array is just a different representation of what you can do with the
> individual commands. But you're right, alignment is paragraph-only, you
> can't apply it to tabs. Sigh. And here I'd almost converted you. :(
>
> Back in the olden days when we had no other choice, we'd use a monospaced
> font and add spaces to simulate column alignment. That's not so impressive
> any more, though in some cases it still works.
>
>
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