Re: Using fixed fonts in Forms 4.5 text item

From: Neville Sweet <sweet.neville.nj_at_bhp.com.au.no_junk_email>
Date: 19 Aug 1998 04:51:48 GMT
Message-ID: <01bdcb2c$1e285080$45f11286_at_itwol-pc3963.itwol.bhp.com.au>


Maoz,

Set the Item Property 'Font Name' to a fixed font, eg. Courier, Fixedsy. Any non-TrueType font would do. Have a look through the pulldown list in Developer 2000.

Maoz Mussel <mmussel_at_iil.intel.com> wrote in article <35D9264B.F77230A9_at_iil.intel.com>...
> Hi,
>
> A text item on Forms 4.5 use proportional fonts to display text,
> and not fixed fonts. Therefor, for example, the following lines:
> - lllllll
> - wwwwwww
>
> ... will be on different size on a text item, though it's have the same
> amount of characters. When using it on a multi-line item this
> behavior could be quit annoying.
>
> Is there a way to control this behavior, and force using a fixed font ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Maoz
Received on Wed Aug 19 1998 - 06:51:48 CEST

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