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Is there a way to format lines in a text field? I want to line up some columns in a text field as I put separate fields in them.

I tried doing it with setting tabs but that results in widely spaced columns. Is there any way to line up the columns or set column stops?

Thank you

Hi Newbie4,

to be honest, I don't have the slightest idea what your are trying to do!?
Fields in fields?


Best

Klaus

I am sorry that I did not explain it very well. Maybe a example will help.

For instance, I want to print my address book which has a name, address, phone number, etc stored in an array. I would like to print a report with just the name and phone number and have it nicely lined up in columns.
Right now I am assembling the fields I want into an output field to print
e.g.
Then when the loop finishes, I will print the field "toPrint"

The names are different lengths so the phone numbers do not line up correctly. If I make the tab a large enough number to accomodate the longest name, the report is too spread out.

I could set a smaller tab and truncate the longer names to fit.

Is there a better way to do it?

Thanks

Take a look at the tabStops property to set the tabs on the fly..

That was exactly what I was looking for. It works great.

I also discovered vGrid to help in choosing values for the tabStops, (hard since it is in pixels, not chars)
and hGrid which makes its also more readable.

Thanks