I'm interested in truncating a character string to a certain number
of pixels. As part of this process, I put the string into field and
check the field's formattedWidth. My script says
put the formattedWidth of field "myField" into myTemp
I can verify that the string is really there and is not null.
The RR docs says:
If you specify a field, the formattedWidth reports the width
required by the field's text.
Well, for me sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. When it
doesn't, the formattedWidth reports zero. I guess this is something
to do with me forgetting to give any specific attributes of font or
type size to the field (or the string), but what rules then apply? I
am finding this very mysterious. I am pretty sure I can cook up a
foolproof recipe for getting the zero, but before I do maybe someone
could explain what is likely to be happening here.
TIA
Graham
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Graham Samuel / The Living Fossil Co. / UK and France
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