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Started by Thomas Bretz-Rieck
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
How to create Combobox accepting more chars than visible
Author: Thomas Bretz-Rieck
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
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Hello I need help for creating a combobox that accepts mor characters than visible: the street-field in a table is 35 chars wide. my combobox should have 20 visible chars and it should scroll when the user types the 21st char. thank you
Re: How to create Combobox accepting more chars than visible
Author: Gary White [dBVIPS]
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
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On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:34:06 +0100, Thomas Bretz-Rieck wrote: > Hello > > I need help for creating a combobox that accepts mor characters than > visible: > the street-field in a table is 35 chars wide. my combobox should have 20 > visible chars and it should scroll when the user types the 21st char. > > thank you > That sounds like the default behavior. What is it doing? Gary White [dBVIPS] Some dBase stuff at: http://www.apptools.com/dbase
Re: How to create Combobox accepting more chars than visible
Author: Romain Strieff [TeamB]
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
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In article <36f3780a.2914188@forums.borland.com>, Gary White [dBVIPS] politely paraphrased ... > > Hello > > > > I need help for creating a combobox that accepts mor characters than > > visible: > > the street-field in a table is 35 chars wide. my combobox should have 20 > > visible chars and it should scroll when the user types the 21st char. > > > > thank you > > > > That sounds like the default behavior. What is it doing? > It is using proportional fonts I guess. ;-) -- Romain Strieff [dBVIPS]
Re: How to create Combobox accepting more chars than visible
Author: Thomas Bretz-Rieck
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00
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Romain Strieff [TeamB] schrieb in Nachricht ... >In article <36f3780a.2914188@forums.borland.com>, Gary White [dBVIPS] >politely paraphrased ... >> >> That sounds like the default behavior. What is it doing? >> >It is using proportional fonts I guess. ;-) >-- >Romain Strieff [dBVIPS] yes, it is using a proportional font. but is using a non-proportional font and sizing the combo 35 chars wide the only way to solve my problem. I hope not! Cause what shall I do if I have a database field that is 240 chars wide and I need a combo.
Re: How to create Combobox accepting more chars than visible
Author: Gary White [dBVIPS]
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:00
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On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 20:54:08 +0100, Thomas Bretz-Rieck wrote: > yes, it is using a proportional font. > but is using a non-proportional font and sizing the combo 35 chars wide the > only way to solve my problem. I hope not! Cause what shall I do if I have a > database field that is 240 chars wide and I need a combo. It still should display what is being typed within the viewable area regardless of the font. Gary White [dBVIPS] Some dBASE Stuff at http://www.AppTools.com/dbase Please consider moving to dBASE2000 News Groups at news://news.dbase2000.com as soon as possible
Re: How to create Combobox accepting more chars than visible
Author: Romain Strieff [dBVIPS/TeamB]
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:00
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In article <7cu9ps$c9e10@forums.borland.com>, Thomas Bretz-Rieck politely paraphrased ... > > yes, it is using a proportional font. > but is using a non-proportional font and sizing the combo 35 chars wide the > only way to solve my problem. I hope not! Cause what shall I do if I have a > database field that is 240 chars wide and I need a combo. > Why not use an editor instead? -- Romain Strieff [dBVIPS]
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