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Re: help with text widget... [message #47395]

Thu, 09 February 2006 20:18

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

> I agree you don't want to size the text widget in pixel sizes, probably.
> But XSIZE applies to "character units" (a nebulous unit that requires
> some experience to get right), and YSIZE refers to how many lines of
> output you want. So something like this usually works for me:
>
> textID = Widget_Text(tlb, XSize=String(Replicate(32B, 50), YSize=3)

Whoops! Probably not a good idea to write answers while I'm
trying to chase the dogs to bed. How about this, instead:

textID = Widget_Text(tlb, Value=String(Replicate(32B, 50)), YSize=3)

Cheers,

David

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