Problems with wordwrap

rbuser

Hello !

I discovered several problems using wordwrapping.

With DBtext it doesnt't work at all.
With DBMemo it cuts exactly at the outer line of the DBMemo, in the mid of a
word, not at a space-char or "-" or sth like that.

I'm using RB7.02, D6 and DBISAM.

Would be great if anyone has some ideas...

Heiko Kn?ttel

nicocizik

Hi Heiko,

This is not a known issue with ReportBuilder and in my testing I was able to
get wordwrapping to work correctly with DBTexts and DBMemos. Please send a
small example demonstrating this issue or perhaps some screenshots of this
behavior to support@digital-metaphors.com.

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rbuser

OK, I got it.

While creating a sample app, I discovered following :

In DBText, wordwrap works...if you size the DBTEXT big enough for all
characters to fit. Never tried that, I thought Autosize MEANS Autosize, and
sized it only one line ;-) Still the problem remains, that e.g. I get always
free space in the preview (even with detail band-dynamic size) because I
have to size DBText big enough to show the longest possible text.

I tried DBMemo and...OK, that works, with the setting (translated )
"stretching"...but ONLY if you turn wordwrap OFF . If wordwrap is on, it
shows the effect I described earlier...the words are cut at the edge of the
dbmemo. Turn Wordwrap off and it cuts at space-characters.

Seems a little strange to me...but ok, now I have a way to do wordwrapping
the way I need it, so the problem is solved.

Thank you for your effort and sorry for my nightmare english !

Heiko Kn?ttel

nicocizik

Hi Heiko,

I'm sorry for the confusion. By default a DBMemo will word wrap
automatically. There is however a Character Wrap property which may be
getting mixed up in the translation somewhere. Which language are you
translating to? I'll check to see that the translation is in fact correct.

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rbuser

> There is however a Character Wrap property which may be
correct.

German language. The "Charakter Wrap"-Property is translated as
"Zeilenumbruch", which means "word wrap".

Not really a big issue ;-) Could have find out on myself earlier...

Regards

Heiko Kn?ttel