Formating Text in Reports

[LWB]

I have 3 questions related to Paradox Reports:

1. Is there a way to rotate a text field in a Paradox report?

2. Can text be centered vertically in a text box?

3. Does anyone have any advice about making reports work for both 8.5" x 11" and also A4 format? Or should I just generate a A4 format report also? I don't have any A4 paper to test, so I've only found out from others about problems.

Lynn

 

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Lynn,

1. Not really. It *can* be done; however, it's a *lot* of work. There is a quick and dirty way, though, for static labels. Drop a text box, fill in your caption, and then separate each letter with a line break. It's harder to pull off with field data, though.

2. Horizontally, yes. Just make certain your text box is set to Fixed Size (General tab). Next, modify the Text | Alignment properties accordingly. Vertically, no.

3. For best results, simply use separate reports. This lets you tailor the output for both sizes. Yes, you can design a report that will work in both, but you'd have to limit your use of the space to the smaller of the sizes (which is the A4 size, IIRC) and you'd have to add code to modify the margins on the fly. For practical reasons, it's best to use spearate reports.

Hope this helps...

-- Lance