Truncate Text Based On Available Space?

[Jan Schenkel]

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> From: Monte Goulding <monte at sweattechnologies.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 5:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Truncate Text Based On Available Space?
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> On 13/06/2013, at 1:23 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> 
>>  Dr Raney called the field object "The Beast". Time to put on your 
> lion tamer hat.
> 
> 
> I had  a quick look... and decided to stop looking... ;-)
> 


That's why for the pageRanges property, I limited myself to figuring out how the pageHeights property worked and taking it from there.
If I had started dissecting the whole thing I might have given up or maybe you would have found me sobbing in a corner at the conference ;-)

Jan Schenkel.
 

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