from: stefan.westh@ffvmatteknik.ffv.se
to: Vrf
date: Moday, 13 Januari 1997
Dear Sir,
We have written an HPVEE program with lots of technical presentations in
tabular form. When using the LOGALPHA object, the problem is that there
are no fixed column widths unless you have used an "equally spaced" font
(e.g., courier). You can write the character " " but it will be ignored
by the LOGALPHA object. Another way is to use the TO STRING object and
format fixed column widths. Here the problem is that the column width is
measured as a number of characters and the width will therefore depend on
the selected font. A proportional font will also be dependant of the
contents of the string (e.g., the character "W" uses more space than
"i").
Are there other ways of displaying data in tables?
If you have any suggestions or solutions, pleas let us know.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully
Stefan Westh
FFV Matteknik AB
Arboga
SWEDEN
>
> from: stefan.westh@ffvmatteknik.ffv.se
> to: Vrf
> date: Moday, 13 Januari 1997
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> We have written an HPVEE program with lots of technical presentations in
> tabular form. When using the LOGALPHA object, the problem is that there
> are no fixed column widths unless you have used an "equally spaced" font
> (e.g., courier). You can write the character " " but it will be ignored
> by the LOGALPHA object. Another way is to use the TO STRING object and
> format fixed column widths. Here the problem is that the column width is
> measured as a number of characters and the width will therefore depend on
> the selected font. A proportional font will also be dependant of the
> contents of the string (e.g., the character "W" uses more space than
> "i").
>
> Are there other ways of displaying data in tables?
> If you have any suggestions or solutions, pleas let us know.
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Yours faithfully
>
> Stefan Westh
> FFV Matteknik AB
> Arboga
> SWEDEN
I find it easiest to put each column in a seperate LOGALPHA object. In
panel view if you set the border to none it will appear as one table.
You then have complete flexibility to set fonts, bold, etc. Also titles
line up with columns without a lot of programming effort.
--
Tom Sanders
Phone: (408) 343-3610 Fax: (408) 343-3616