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MESSAGEBOX Right Align Problem
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From
29/09/2005 09:20:36
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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29/09/2005 09:06:41
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 7 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01054437
Message ID:
01054449
Views:
24
>>The reason it doesn't allign correctly is because MessageBox() uses a proportional font - not all letters have the same width, but rather, each letter uses only the space required.
>
>Quick response, Hilmar! But look at the "PadWidth" function, it checks the TXTWIDTH of each character in the string and the pad character, which was supposed to take care of proportional fonts. It doesn't. Why?

Oh - I overlooked that. Perhaps that explains why the output was "somewhat" aligned. But perhaps MessageBox() uses a different font than you expect.
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