Hi Kerry,
I'm not sure why your code isn't working, except perhaps that you are
setting the tabs before setting the text. Normally, I do it like this (using
tabs in text members has always been fine for me)
memberRef = member("Answers")
-- build the string first
str = memberRef.text
repeat with i = 1 to 4
str = str & TAB & wordList[i]
end repeat
-- set the text of the member, then set the tabs
memberRef.text = str
memberRef.tabs = [[#type: #left, #position: 19], ... etc
Luke
on 8/9/00 10:27 AM, Kerry Thompson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm trying to lay a text field out in columns using tabs.
>
> Here's what I'm doing:
>
> theWords = member("Answers")
> theWords.tabs = [[#position: 19], [#position: 144], [#position: 269],
> [#position: 394]]
>
> repeat with i = 1 to 4
> put TAB after theWords
> put wordList[i] after theWords
> end repeat
>
> It's putting the tabs and the words in, but not in the positions I thought
> I set. The tabs are set right--I checked in the message window.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
>
> Cordially,
> Kerry Thompson
> Learning Network
>
>
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