Razzak, I'm aware of the new "suppress blank lines" property and that works fine; it's much easier to implement than the old solution which required a lot of code.
But I don't understand how the FONT_SIZE property could be used to implement a "shrink to fit" capability. If the line's too long you can of course use FONT_SIZE to make it shorter by reducing the font size. But how do you determine that the line is too long and needs to have its font size reduced? In other words, how do you check for and determine the existence of an overflow condition? Any guidance would be much appreciated. It would be great to have our entire workflow within R:Base so we wouldn't have to deal with Avery DesignPro. Tom Hawley On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:48 PM, A. Razzak Memon <[email protected]> wrote: > At 12:50 PM 5/16/2010, Thomas J Hawley wrote: > >> So far as I am aware, R:Base cannot do both blank line suppression >> and shrink to fit at the same time, and Autosize is not the same >> thing as shrink to fit in any case. (I make these statements with >> the usual expectation on this list that I might be about to learn >> something.) > > > Tom, > > Get ready to learn something ... > > Did you know that the "Suppress Empty Lines" property was added on > November 2, 2009 with the release of R:BASE 7.6 (Build:7.6.8.31102), > and R:BASE Turbo V-8 (Build:8.0.22.31102)? > > FYI, an additional "Suppress Empty Lines" property was added for the > Variable Memo control. This allows for an easy solution to display > address labels and eliminate blank lines by containing the address > in one long text string, combined with carriage returns. > > Label Designer |Variable Memo Control| Right-Click|Properties ... > > Report Designer |Variable Memo Control| Right-Click|Properties ... > > In reference to "Shrink to Fit", you can take advantage of > dynamically controlling the "Font Size" based on printable space > using the PROPERTY <CompID> FONT_SIZE nn command. > > Remember, we are only limited by our in-depth knowledge and the > currently used version of R:BASE! > > Nothing is impossible! > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > > P.S. > If you need a sample to demonstrate the use of such features in > the latest updates of R:BASE 7.6, Turbo V-8, and R:BASE eXtreme > 9.0, please let me know. I can prepare a sample, contingent to > my time availability. > > >
