[progress Communities] [progress Openedge Abl] Forum Post: Re: How Do You Set The Width Of...

[Matt Gilarde]

The FONT-TABLE:GET-TEXT-WIDTH-PIXELS() (or GET-TEXT-WIDTH-CHARS) method will calculate how wide a string is in a particular font. You can then set the width of the text or fill-in object to match. You may need to add a bit of padding to fill-ins to leave room for the border.

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