On 8/21/06, James E. Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I meant tab leader dots, not "ellipsis", sorry.


Not easy, since you run into foxel issues, but you want to do something like:

replicate(".", LengthOfBox - textlength(yourtext)) + yourText

Where LengthOfBox and textlength need to be calculated based on the
specific font and font size.

Googling "leader dots FoxPro report" yields:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnfoxgen9/html/VFP9Reports2.asp?frame=true

if you're in VFP 9 and

http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/vfprwfaq.htm

if you're not.

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Ted "The Answers Are Out There" Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com


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