Thanks Bob That is an Ide I will explore Gunnar Ekblad
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Taylor Sent: den 26 april 2005 18:32 To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Old problem needs new solution Now that I've read all the way to the bottom of your email, I see you have already tried the autosize. Perhaps you could change the color of the number on the report using code if it exceeded a preset size that you know you can display. Bob Gunnar Ekblad wrote: >I wonder how you all handle reporting of numeric values (Real, Double, >Currency, Numeric) in windows version of R:Base! >I old DOS style, If I had a value that was bigger than fitted the field >I got nicely ********** as resultat telling me I had a value to was >bigger than could represented in the allocated space. >I windows version If I have a value of say $10,563,952.53 that on a >report comes out as 563,952.53 since I did not allocate space enough, >has any body figured out how I can get a warning/error/format/?? so I >will be aware that something is wrong. The only thing I have come up >with is to allocate more then enough space. But sometimes that solution >takes up to much space that could be better used for other purposes. >I guess what I am asking for is right clicking a report field beside the >existing "Display format, Null Format" I would like to see "Overflow >format". In a way I can use autosize, but that leaves me out of the >control of the format and space allocated. >Or has anyone already solved this in nice and smart way? > > >Gunnar Ekblad > > >
