Report Field Property Strech with overflow 1

[SergeantC]

I am working on a report that has a field that can hold up to 80 characters. However, it may hold one half or less.

Assume I have the field width on the report set to 40 characters and the field height set to two lines.

Is there a way to insure the bottom line is filled first and if there is more than 40 characters then the top line is used?

I have a JPG of what it is currently doing, and what I want it to do but can't figure out how to attach it to this thread.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

 

[Auguy]

Try using 2 controls with the print "when" set to the over/under 40 characters in the field so only one of the controls prints based on the character length.

Auguy
Northwest Ohio

 

[Mike Lewis]

PostSergeantC,

I agree with Auguy's advice. However, keep in mind that the width of a report object is measured in inches, mm or pixels, not in characters.

Testing for greater than 40 characters in your Print When will only give you an approximate solution. To be sure that it will work properly, you would need to use a monospaced font (which many users might regard as ugly).

You also asked how to display a JPG in the thread. You must first place the image on a web server - it can be anywhere you like, provided you know the URL. You then insert an tag into the thread. The forum's Help will give you more details.

That said, I would urge you strongly NOT to do that. Unless the image is very small, it will cause the entire thread-viewing area to resize to accomodate the width. All the text will also occupy the new width, which means visitors will have to constantly scroll horizontally to read anything. It makes the whole thread a pain to read.

Hope this helps.

Mike


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[SergeantC]

Auguy,

Thank you for your help it works great I never thought of stacking the fields on top of each other and using Print When.

Thanks again for your time

SergeantC

 

[Auguy]

Thanks to Mike for the additional information, I should have included something about the fonts.

Auguy
Northwest Ohio