>>>Hey George,
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>>>Cetin had a work-around using the ColumnWidths property, but I was checking out the FontMetric() and TxtWidth() functions to see if there was anyway I could use them with other stuff I have. Seems like they could have been handy for some past reporting issues. Have you used them in your own stuff before? If so, what types of things were you doing?
>>>
>>>Renoir
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>>Just thought I'd throw my .02 in...
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>>I use FONTMETRIC() and TXTWIDTH() frequently. Generally, I've found what I really want to know is the width, in pixels, of a text string using the font properties of an object...
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>Excellent! That was my very next follow-follow-up question... Thanks!

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