On Monday 15 June 2009 11:40:13 am Paul McNett wrote: > All report properties are expressions to evaluate at runtime. This makes it > really easy to, for instance, adjust the font size of a string object on > the fly. > > For instance, I'm making a report with 12 columns, and one of the columns > usually has length of 4 characters or less, but can be as long as 20 > characters. Allowing for 20 characters makes the column appear too wide in > the normal case. > > So, instead of the fixed FontSize of 9, and a column width of 110, I set > the column width at 75 and a dynamic FontSize. Here's the rfxml for the > field in question: > > <String> > <expr>self.fold</expr> > <FontSize>(7 if len(self.fold) > 7 else 9)</FontSize> > <Width>75</Width> > <x>43</x> > <y>0</y> > </String> > > The dynamic nature of all report properties makes it really easy to design > for the general case but still allow for the exceptional ones. > > Other uses of this would be in coloring fields based on certain criteria, > etc. > > Paul
That's cool! I bet Larry will have fun with that tidbit. -- John Fabiani _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/200906151358.06342.jfabi...@yolo.com
