From: stevec@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU (Steve Cosner)
Subject: Forms4.5 Boilerplate left/right anchor
Date: 1996/05/20
Message-ID: <4nragu$i1b@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU>#1/1
organization: California State University, Fresno
newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle




There must be a trick to this, but I can't find it:

Sometimes when boilerplate text is modified (characters are
added), it expands to the left after you finish the edit.
Other times it expands right.  In the first case, the right
end of the text is anchored on the canvas; in the second,
the left end is anchored.  What is the trick to switching
this behavior?

This is especially important when a form is run on a client
with a different monitor resolution.  Boilerplate aligned on
the left should remain anchored on the left so multiple
lines continue to be aligned on a vertical line.  Right-
aligned boilerplate should maintain the right alignment.
Any expansion or contraction due to the different font or
resolution should expand opposite to the anchor.

I know that if I select a boilerplate item with one anchor
setting, anything created after that will have the same
property.  But if I mistakenly create a bunch the wrong way,
how can I change them without deleting all of them and re-
typing them?

We encountered this problem in the process of porting some
Windows Forms to a Mac.  The Mac has different fonts and
screen resolutions, so the boilerplate anchoring is a big
deal.

I sure hope someone has the key!

Thanks in advance,
Steve Cosner,  <stevec@csufresno.edu>,
Fresno, California, USA