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Hi all,

I am looking for a way (via script) to look at some text in a text box and ensure the text box is wide enough to fully show all text characters within and if not decrease the text size accordingly. In this case, text boxes will contain a decimal measurement in inches. A text box could contain:

x
x.x
x.xx
x.xxx
x.xxxx
etc.

(x is a number of course)

Just figure the width based on the longest possible text string for all text boxes you say? That's great but then I run the risk of overlapping text between two neighboring text boxes.

A script is preferable but I am open to other ideas.

Thank you,
Jon

Hi cmhjon,

haven't tested it but think the formattedWidth would do it?
i.e.

Hi Jon,
Here is a thread probably useful for you
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=30996&hilit=textsize+formattedwidth
Best regards
Jean-Marc

Hi.

There have been several threads on this topic.

When you mention changing the textSize in certain cases, does that mean that there is a maximum allowable width for the field? If not, then setting the formattedWidth, as stam posted, should be fine. If so, however, and this was discussed as well, you may not want to reduce the textSize beyond what is reasonable for the user to read. It is not good practice anyway, as users are not expecting this sort of action.

So what are your limitations, if any?

Craig

I found the discussion about a similar topic:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=34247&p=192845&hili ... th#p192845

Craig