Re: Forms 6i question

width really means ....

Look at Form property Coordinate System and you will find the desired unit if it is set to Real not to Character (and there is a conversion between Character and Real Unit in Character Cell field....

URNinja-ed wrote:

> the width doesn't really mean much.
> I believe its in pixels.
> you should test your form with the relevant data
> and font to make sure the width can display the max
> width of your data.
>
> in reality it is impractical to scale your fields from
> character to pixels, especially if your fonts are
> non-proportional.
> ie. 'WWWWW' is much wider than 'IIIII'
>
> just use your eye to judge what widths look good and
> accomodate your data to size the fields.
>
> P.
>
> nisha wrote:
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > I never used GUI applications with Oracle Forms.
> > (always used character based)
> >
> > Now I have to develop a GUI form using Oracle Forms6i.
> > When I add a new field on the canvas, and set
> > the "width" property to 5, (through property pallete),
> > the field looks like it is much narrower than 5 character
> > wide.
> > Is it using any pixel or point or any conversion scale.
> > If so what is the scaling factor.
> >
> > Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it
>
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Received on Thu Jan 16 2003 - 15:38:18 CET