HOWTO: Use Report File Units

ID: Q160594

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SUMMARY

In creating a report programmatically, you can use the following formula to determine the width for objects on the report:

625/6 report units per pixel

MORE INFORMATION

The FONTMETRIC function returns return various attributes of a specified font. For example, FONTMETRIC(6) returns the average character width in pixels of the current font.

So, to calculate the average width needed in a report for a five-character field, you could use the following formula:


   reportwidth = 625/6 * ;
      (FONTMETRIC(6, <cFontName>, <nFontSize>, <cFontStyle>) * ;
      nNumCharacters)

nNumCharacters specifies the number of characters for which you need to allow room.

The following line of code would store the average width needed in a report for a five-character field in the font "Times New Roman," size 12, style Normal.


   reportwidth = 625/6 * (FONTMETRIC(6, "Times New Roman", 12, "N") * 5)

REFERENCES

Visual FoxPro Help; search on "FONTMETRIC()"

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Keywords : kbMAC kbPrinting kbReportWriter kbVFp300 kbVFp500
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0b; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0
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