Set fixed width

[cyreports]

I am using crystal reports ver 9. I am using a fixed font of courier new font size 9. I need to do a fixed length report that contains fields of various character widths. Is it possible to set width sizes on my report to be exactly the number of characters I need.

For example, I need 'Employee Number' to be exactly 15 characters. Can I set the field width on the actual details section to be exactly 15 wide without having to manually adjust by sight?

 

[lbass]

You should be able to create formulas to pad fields that are less than 15 characters:

totext({table.employeenumber},0,"")+space(15-len(totext({table.employeenumber},0,"")))

You might need to format the fields to "tight horizontal".

-LB