Thank you very much Dan. This defiantly helped with my understanding of what you were getting at, and how to solve my problem. I was not sure which emails I wrote directly to Alex and which I wrote to the Fusion Pro Forums. Only about half the info regarding this problem was in the forums. So once again I apologize that I did not give enough info to properly solve the problem. I was only befuddled by your initial response to my problem,
Dan Korn wrote: > No, word spacing cannot be adjusted except as a global setting in the job. when just prior to the post by you stated in the above quote, Alex had emailed me how to adjust word spacing without it being a global setting in the job. I did not realize you did not have all the info I had sent to Alex, for I had not posted it in the forum. I appreciate all your help and your promptness doing so. Sincerely, Peter Pickslay EOS -----Original Message----- From: Dan Korn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:22 AM To: FusionPro Users Forum Subject: [fusionpro] RE: Word Spacing Peter Pickslay wrote: > I am dealing with a field in the data that has > multiple words, and not formatted text. Yes, I know. The whole point is that you want to change the way that spaces between multiple words are being output. But keep in mind that, whether you're using <setwidth> tags or entities, you're still returning formatted text (tags) from your rule. > So I am unsure as how to use the > space entities (&XXXsp) to accomplish > the goal of increasing the > individual word spacing of text in a > data field. Your original question was about how to "adjust individual word spacing." I don't recall reading until just now that your goal was to *increase* the word spacing. My specific example using the " " entity would cause word spacing to be decreased, not increased, but it was a valid answer to your original question. Now that you've stated your question more precisely, I can give you a more precise answer. > I you can explain a way > to do this other then the method Alex > referred I will be very thankful, Well, using entities is not really any more complicated than what Alex posted. If anything, it's simpler than building <span> and <setwidth> tags. It might not be as obvious, though. The definitions of the relevant space entities are:   - 'em' space (the horizontal space of a capital M)   - 'en' space (1/2 of em space)   - 'thin' space (1/6 of em space) This information can be found in the FusionPro Tags Reference Guide. So, if you wanted to increase the amount of space using entities, you could use the   entity, or a combination of multiple entities together. For example: return ReplaceSubstring(str, " ", "  "); You can play around with different entities, and combinations thereof, to get the results you want. The disadvantage here compared to using <setwidth> tags, again, is that you're not specifying an exact amount of space in points. On the other hand, with the entities, the amount of space will be relative to (i.e. will change with) the point size of the text, instead of being a fixed value. > as my java script knowledge is equivalent > to that of a toddlers > knowledge of calculus! Figuring out this stuff requires some knowledge of two different technologies: JavaScript and FusionPro tagging. And we realize that not everyone is a programmer, and that it's not always obvious where to start looking for how to accomplish something. That's why we come up with things like the Drag-and-Drop Rule Wizard, which allow you to do a lot without any knowledge of either JavaScript or tagging. But sometimes, if you want to do something more complex or specialized, it has to be done in a rule. JavaScript rules give you an almost unlimited capability to use any logic you want to modify the output. In this case, the JavaScript itself isn't really as complicated as figuring out the FusionPro tagging. But it's all there in the Tags Reference Guide. The best way to learn this stuff, other than enrolling in one of our excellent training classes, is to just start trying things, and to use this forum to trade ideas and hints. I also realize that jobs are run on tight deadlines, but we're all on deadlines, and we don't necessarily have time to answer every question right away, especially if the original question is ambiguous and it requires a few rounds of back-and-forth to discern exactly what the desired result is. The bottom line is, if what you got from Alex is working, then by all means, stick with it. My point isn't that one solution is necessarily superior to another, especially in a general case. I just took a bit of exception to your assertion that my advice was improper. Dan +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- FusionPro 5.0 Now Available! 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