Comments on: A line that grows automatically http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/17 Independent news, tips and thoughts from a Crystal Reports expert Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:31:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: hallmerle http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/17/comment-page-1#comment-5 hallmerle Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:27:29 +0000 http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/17#comment-5 I ran across a similar article on doing the same thing in Excel: http://www.juiceanalytics.com/weblog/?p=236 Might find some other ideas there on fonts, etc. Merle I ran across a similar article on doing the same thing in Excel: http://www.juiceanalytics.com/weblog/?p=236

Might find some other ideas there on fonts, etc.

Merle

]]> By: dbeleznay http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/17/comment-page-1#comment-4 dbeleznay Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:24:47 +0000 http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/17#comment-4 I've seen some really fancy reports that are have been created using the replicate string function. The most impressive was one where they had created their own chart by suppressing the details section and using the formula with a summary field. The only problem with using XXX is that it's imprecise - the width of the X character changes depending on the font, and the X characters are exported to some formats - like Excel. A cleaner way to to this is to use the conditional object size and position from XIR2 - which allows you to specify the width of your text or field object in twips (1/1440th of an inch). Unfortunately it still doesn't work for line objects, so you need to use either a text object, or an empty field object. I’ve seen some really fancy reports that are have been created using the replicate string function. The most impressive was one where they had created their own chart by suppressing the details section and using the formula with a summary field.

The only problem with using XXX is that it’s imprecise - the width of the X character changes depending on the font, and the X characters are exported to some formats - like Excel.

A cleaner way to to this is to use the conditional object size and position from XIR2 - which allows you to specify the width of your text or field object in twips (1/1440th of an inch). Unfortunately it still doesn’t work for line objects, so you need to use either a text object, or an empty field object.

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