So, I guess we can't count on the formattedHeight and formattedWidth to return dimensions of a rect that will show all of the text in a field? I would like to keep the rect of the field as small as possible. I also use it to make a 90 degree rotated label.
If this is a manifestation of a bug, I will probably just increase the space around the text. Best, Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Mar 17, 2016, at 9:17 PM, -hh <h...@livecode.org> wrote: > > I deleted the four lines (*) of your function (see citation below) > and inserted instead the following 4 lines, in that order, at end of it. > > set fixedLineHeight of fld tName to true > set textSize of fld tName to 12 > set textHeight of fld tName to 20 > return (0,0,the formattedWidth of fld tName, \ > the formattedHeight of fld tName) > > because > 1. the default setting of fixedLineHeight may have changed? > 2. why use possible update bugs of "rect" if not needed? > > Works fine here. > >> William P. wrote: >> == > function iml_makeField tName,tText > if there is no cd fld tName then > create field tName > end if > put tText into fld tName > set the visible of fld tName to FALSE > set the showBorder of fld tName to FALSE > set the style of fld tName to "transparent" > set the textAlign of fld tName to "center" > set the textfont of fld tName to "Arial" > * set the textSize of fld tName to 12 > set the borderWidth of fld tName to 0 > set the margins of fld tName to 2,3,0,0 > set the dontWrap of fld tName to true > * set the textHeight of fld tName to 20 > --wait for 0 seconds with messages > set the fontStyle of fld tName to bold > * set the rect of fld tName to "0,0,"& \ > (the formattedWidth of fld tName) &","&\ > (the formattedHeight of fld tName) > * return the rect of fld tName > end iml_makeField >> == > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Problems-creating-a-field-in-LC8-DP16-tp4702326p4702329.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.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 _______________________________________________ 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
