>Hi All,
>
> I am working in vfp 8 sp1. I have to replace some labels in reports with other words, that are not the same len as the original.
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>When in design mode, and the label is not exactly the length of the word(s), if you click on the label and move it or cntrl+arrow key, the label adjusts to the exact length of the word(s). Is there any way to make it do this without opening it in design mode?
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>I already have code in the translate program that exchanges word(s) in the labels that takes into account, the difference in lenght by:
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> lcScaleFactor = LEN(lcReplaceWord) / LEN(lcTranslateWord)
> ...
> replace (pcWidthName) WITH (&pcWidthName.) * lcScaleFactor
>...
>
>
>but this does not always get the width long enough. Some times the width is too long, but that is better then too short.
>
>TIA
>Beth
You can calculate the size of the word when rendered in a specified font using:
FONTMETRIC(6,"<font name>",<font size>, <font style>) * TXTWIDTH("<text string>","<font name>",<font size>, <font style>)