variable size form message window

[jaym]

New to VFP..<br>Tried passing a message to display on a variable width form with a single label<br>who's caption property is the passed parameter.&nbsp;&nbsp;Want the form to auto-size to slightly larger than the centered message.<br>Have can't seem to pass the parameter to the caption property in the label by assiging it to the parameter in the init function.<br>What am I doing wrong?<br><br>-jaym

 

[foxdev]

Assuming you want to pass the variable text to the <b>form</b>, put an LPARAMETER statement in the form's init (not the label's init), then set the caption of the label and the form width.&nbsp;&nbsp;Something like this:<br><br>* begin code<br>* -- form's init<br>lParameter cTextToShow<br>This.lblMyLabel.Caption=cTextToShow<br>This.Width=This.lblMyLabel.Width+30<br>* end code<br><br>That should do it, if I've correctly understood what you are trying to accomplish.<br><br>-FoxDev<br><A HREF="

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[jaym]

Thanks.. it works fine. Yes, I had my inits messed up.<br>The only other problem is that I had to trial and<br>error place the label so that it would automatically center in the<br>form.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is there a better way to do this.<br><br>-Jaym

 

[foxdev]

I think you want to:<br><br>* make the label's Alignment property = 2-Center<br><br>* move the label to the far left of the form (with a small margin, of course)<br><br>* either set the label's AutoSize to .T., or<br>set the width at runtime based on the length of the text being passed.