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Re: Filemaker Pro problem

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From: Dave_Burnett
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:22
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Anthony,

Sure you can right justify the result of your calculation.  Just select the
field and set the justification for align right.

However, one of the limitations of FileMaker is that you do lose all
formatting in text fields when you concatenate them using a calcuation field. 
You can, of course, format the result, but this will effect the entire field.

The only hack that I'm aware of to this problem is to create a custom font
that has bold characters as option characters, italic characters as option
italic, etc.  Then when you format the field with this custom font you will
have the formatting you desire.  

If anyone knows of an easier way with FM Pro 2.0 please cc me on it, but to
the best of my knowledge, FM Pro 2.0 only allows you to copy the results of a
calcuation field, not adjust the formatting character by character.

-- Dave Burnett

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