DBText word wrapping

rbuser

Hello.

In a report I'm making a field has variable length characters, from 10 to
255 aprox, but the most of them are short. So, I put a DBText with a medium
width to display it. When the field is larger than the DBText, it cuts the
text and doesn't display the entire content. Which I need to do is to make
the DBText taller so as to include the whole field content in it, resizing
automatically, I think it's called word wrap, but I don't know if report
builder controls support it. Is there a way to do this? Do I have to use
another component in the report?
Thank you very much.

Daniel Alvarez

rbuser

Hello Daniel,

Try using a DBMemo control instead of DBText. When you place the DBMemo on
the page, set the width to the width you want the paragraph to be, and then
right click on it and select "Stretch" from the popup menu. The DBMemo
field will continue to wrap text at the end of each long line and move
subsequent text down the page within the confines of the control's width,
rather than truncating it.

Vinnie Murdico
Software with Brains, Inc.
http://www.softwarewithbrains.com

rbuser

Thank you very much, Vinnie.

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rbuser

I've tried this, and it works OK, but with a little problem. The DBmemo
makes it taller, but it overlaps the next control down in the detail band.
What I need is that the control resizes but the next line begins a where the
actual line ends, so as not to overlap the text.

Daniel Alvarez


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digitalmetaphors

Use the ShiftWithParent property for non stretching controls, and use the
ShiftRelativeTo on stretchable controls. Check out the help file for more
info.


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

Thanks.. It works OK.

Daniel Alvarez