>Stupid question ... You're sure that This.label1.AutoSize = TRUE ?

I've heard many times that there is no such thing as a stupid question!!!! That's a patently silly statement as an absolute, but in this case it isn't silly at all. I can't count the number of tech support calls in the early days of PC that were simply "It wasn't plugged in" or "Forgot to turn on the power strip."

In this case, however, I've triple checked and AutoSize really is TRUE.


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>>A good thought.......Unfortunately, neither DOEVENTS nor INKEY() change the behavior. Setting the caption on the label does not seem to reset the width.
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>>
>>>Rich,
>>>
>>>I think vfp only updates the width when it's not busy
>>>
>>>

>>>>lcOldCaption = This.label1.caption ---> "Action Text"
>>>>lnOldWidth = This.label1.Width -------> 57
>>>>This.label1.Caption = tcCaption ------> "Update Chassis Information"
>>>
>>>=INKEY(.0001)  && may help, or a doevents
>>>
>>>>lnNewWidth = This.label1.Width -------> 57 ??????????
>>>>This.Width = This.Width + (lnNewWidth  - lnOldWidth)
>>>
>>>

>>>______________________
>>>>I tried this and got the same result, even with the debugger turned on. Maybe my basic understanding is flawed.
>>>>
>>>>My assumption was that if the textbox AutoSize is set to .T. then the textbox will resize whenever the caption changes. If this is not correct, then is there something else I must do (beside try to calculate the width of the control manually) to reset the width? Right now, when I run through the debugger I see

>>>>* Method SetCaption
>>>>LPARAMETERS tcCaption
>>>>lcOldCaption = This.label1.caption ---> "Action Text"
>>>>lnOldWidth = This.label1.Width -------> 57
>>>>This.label1.Caption = tcCaption ------> "Update Chassis Information"
>>>>lnNewWidth = This.label1.Width -------> 57 ??????????
>>>>This.Width = This.Width + (lnNewWidth  - lnOldWidth)
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>Once again, all help greatly appreciated
>>>>
>>>>>Rich,
>>>>>
>>>>>Create method SetCaption for container class and use it instead of settting label caption directly
>>>>>

>>>>>* Method SetCaption
>>>>>LPARAMETERS tcCaption
>>>>>lnOldWidth = This.label1.Width
>>>>>This.label1.Caption = tcCaption
>>>>>lnNewWidth = This.label1.Width
>>>>>This.Width = This.Width + (lnNewWidth  - lnOldWidth)
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>>I've created a container class. It has a label class inside it. The label class has AutoSize set to TRUE. It also has an Assign method

>>>>>>LPARAMETERS vNewVal
>>>>>>
>>>>>>THIS.CAPTION = m.vNewVal
>>>>>>This.Parent.Width = this.Width + this.Parent.image1.Width + 2

>>>>>>
>>>>>>If I step through this code, the container resizes properly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>However, without stepping through the code, the Width of the label does not reset when it is given a new value. It retains the width of the label in the class definition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've tried putting This.Refresh and This.Parent.Refresh at various points in the method, but to no avail.
>>>>>>