Re: Forms 4.5 - Item Width inconsistency

Try checking the TrueType settings. If they are different, this could explain it.

Rajlaxmi Nihalani wrote in article <6i1b00$fcs_at_co-op.newsguy.com>...
> Why does a Forms 4.5 item require 7 pixels per 'Courier New 9' character
on one
> computer and more pixels on another ? My application has been developed
using
> Forms 4.5.6 under windows 3.11. All the items have a monospaced font
'Courier
> New 9'. A one character item requires a width of 7 pixels, 2 character
item
> requires width of 14 pixels & so on. I have to implement this
application on
> Forms 4.5.7 under windows 95. My problem is that under W95, 1 character
item
> needs a width of 15 pixels, a 2 character item needs a width of 16
pixels, 3
> character item needs 23 pixels & so on. Basically the formula under W95
is (No.
> of characters * 7 + 2) except for a one charater item. Why could this be
> occuring ? Is there any setting that needs to be changed on the W95 PC ?
 I
> deleted the W95 courier fonts & installed the Windows 3.11 fonts on W95.
But
> this did not solve the problem. Rajlaxmi Nihalani, Fidelity Software
>
Received on Mon Apr 27 1998 - 15:58:54 CEST