Peter, Let the message path clear and try again querying the formattedwidth. I have gotten different answers for the same data in the same field after letting the engine settle down.
Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Peter Haworth Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:35 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Problem with the formattedWidth It's only one line and I've tried it with dontWrap set to true and false with the same result. I tried getting the formatted width of line 1 of the field and that does seem to work reliably. interestingly, it reports a different value than the formatted width of the field! Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:15 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > On 11/20/12 11:47 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> >> It appears that the formattedwidth doesn't always get updated when a >> new value is entered into a field. I typed something into a field, >> then used the message box to get its formatted width. Then typed a >> shorter string of characters into the field, got the formattedwidth >> again, and it was the same as for the previous text value in the >> field. I haven't 100% verified yet, but it appears that if the new >> string is longer than the previous string, then the formatted width >> is reported correctly but if the new string is shorter than the old >> string, it is reported incorrectly. >> >> This is with LC 5.5.0. Anyone else seeing this? >> > > Is the field more than one line? If so, it will always report the > widest part. Does it change if you get the formattedwidth of the line itself? > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.r > unrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
