Re: Forms4.5 -- Scrolling Text Items

In <4k0o0a$vfm_at_hubcap.clemson.edu>, powell_at_clemson.edu (Janice Powell) writes:
>I have a block on my form that contains 10 records; each record has
>only one item -- a 400 char column.
>I know you can scroll through each record by either pressing the arrow
>keys or END or HOME. But my users wanted all 10 records to shift
>together to keep the data inline they were reading -- its in column
>format.
>I seem to have a problem when I enter this block. The current record
>is always shifted to the last character of the data while the other
>records are at the position my code has specified.
>I looked for a flag on the properties sheet to see if I was asking for
>an auto shift, etc. I did see "alignment" shown ... would that cause
>this problem? I simply want my code to scroll the data; thus, NEVER
>having Forms4.5 scroll for me. Has anyone else out there had this
>problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Please send replies to this newsgroup and/or my e-mail address
>(powell_at_clemson.edu).
>
>Thanks in advance.
>--JP
>
>Janice Powell
>Programmer Analyst
>Clemson Univ.
>Clemson, SC
>
>

With your canvas open in the designer, select the text item and check its Format/Alignment. It looks like it is set to right or end.

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