Tab Stops

[Misled]

Sometimes I want to add text to a tree node for example. To keep them in a proper alignment, add it like : text & vbTab & text. Is there a way to change the length of the vbTab. I want to shorten it.

 

[bevan]

Has anyone found a way of shortening the length of vbTAB yet? I only want it to be about 3 spaces long so that my asp generated HTML doesn't go off the page so far (hard to read).
Any responses are most appreciated.

Bevan
bevan@ucol.ac.nz

 

[chiph]

Bevan,
For reasons shrouded in the mysteries of 1930's TeleType machines, tabs are usually defined as being the same as 8 spaces. But as you've seen, some editors allow you to set the tab size, and some don't.

If it's really critical to you, take a look at MicroEdge's SlickEdit (

http://www.slickedit.com).

It's probably the most configurable editor available. Plus, it's what Microsoft used to write Windows NT on.

Chip H.

 

[swilliams]

I do not know of a way to permanently increase / decrease the number of spaces a tab represents, but you can write a function to replace a tab character (chr(9)) with the appropriate number of spaces (chr(32)) for you needs.
Simon

 

[edderic]

text & Space(2) & text Eric De Decker
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