>>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.
>>
>>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?
>>
>>I already have code in the translate program that exchanges word(s) in the labels that takes into account, the difference in lenght by:
>>

>> 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>)
>

Hi Paul,

I thought that was what I was doing with the len() / len(), and then setting the width * (len() / len()).