Thanks, Kenny, it looks as if I might need to go back another upgrade to check my strange report behaviour.
Up to a point, it's easy to solve my problem by making the report, and the object, wider but this doesn't guarantee I'm going to get what I need. Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Camp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 12:57 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Autosize in V7 reports > By looking at an archived copy of the database (and the report in question) > and the paper copies of the reports on file, I have proof that when I > applied build 78, the behavior of my report changed. > > However, I have very little experience with word wrap and autosize used in > combo ( and had no need for it in this report), so I am not sure of the > expected "proper" behavior. > > Kenny > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kenny Camp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:26 PM > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Autosize in V7 reports > > > > Thank you, Alastair, for helping me find my problem. > > > > I hadn't noticed that the "word wrap" was checked on this field ( there > > was no reason for it to be on) and when I turned it off, I did not expect > > it to affect the data being displayed, because it is always a text string > > without spaces. For example "IC6651548" was being truncated to "IC66". I > > expected it to "autosize" to the right even if "word wrap" was on. > > However, turning off the word wrap fixed my problem. > > > > Maybe there is a problem (or limitation) with using the combination of > > "autosize and word wrap" that I haven't figured out. With my limited > > playing around with it, autosize does not seem to work when "word wrap" is > > on. May be that's the expected behavior? > > > > Kenny > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 5:05 PM > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Autosize in V7 reports > > > > > >> Kenny, > >> > >> I have been having some problems with Variable Memo fields that used to > >> stretch and now don't seem to work _quite_ as before. > >> > >> Sometimes - never a good start - long variables seem to extend outside > >> the > >> edge of the page. This is visible in Report Preview and _appears_ to have > >> the effect of simply getting truncated in the report when printed. > >> > >> I was using the Beta #79 but have gone back to Release #78 to check and > >> still seem to be getting the oddities. > >> > >> I _think_ the problem is when I have URLs that are long and need to be > >> wrapped around. Setting Char Wrap on or off _appears_ to have no effect - > >> but that _might_ not be the reason. > >> > >> I'm still testing so I've not reported anything officially. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Alastair. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Kenny Camp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:50 PM > >> Subject: [RBG7-L] - Autosize in V7 reports > >> > >> > >>> I found some of my reports using autosize on DB Text objects now fail to > >>> print the complete text. I tried changing the font and it still fails. > >>> > >>> These reports have been used for a long time, did something change that > >>> I > >>> missed or maybe we just now found the problem? Using build 78 and > >>> turning > >>> off autosize and resizing all the DB Text objects. > >>> > >>> Kenny Camp > >>> IT Manager > >>> Electro Enterprises > >>> Oklahoma City, OK > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > >
