move label/text box

[RufussMcGee]

I am having trouble moving label and text boxes. When my form opens I want certain labels to move around according to value given my the users but it does not work. So I tried a simple test on open form I type this out

label1.top = 0.5
label2.top = 1.5

but the only thing that happens is the label boxes are moved to the very top. Any ideas as to why this happens?
Thanks

 

[HarleyQuinn]

The reason for that is that the top property is set using twips rather than centimetres, you can convert twips to cm by multiplying the number of cm by 567.

Hope this helps

HarleyQuinn
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[dhookom]

Since you might be using inches rather than centimeters, an inch = 1440 twips.

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[TheAceMan1]

or the value you enter in code is 1440 * inches.

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