HOWTO: Use Report File Units (160594)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0b
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh 3.0b
This article was previously published under Q160594

SUMMARY

In creating a report programmatically, you can use the following formula to determine the width for objects on the report:
625/6 report units per pixel

MORE INFORMATION

The FONTMETRIC function returns return various attributes of a specified font. For example, FONTMETRIC(6) returns the average character width in pixels of the current font.

So, to calculate the average width needed in a report for a five-character field, you could use the following formula: 
   reportwidth = 625/6 * ;
      (FONTMETRIC(6, <cFontName>, <nFontSize>, <cFontStyle>) * ;
      nNumCharacters)
nNumCharacters specifies the number of characters for which you need to allow room.

The following line of code would store the average width needed in a report for a five-character field in the font "Times New Roman," size 12, style Normal. 
   reportwidth = 625/6 * (FONTMETRIC(6, "Times New Roman", 12, "N") * 5)

REFERENCES

Visual FoxPro Help; search on "FONTMETRIC()"
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/13/2004
Keywords:kbhowto kbprint kbReportWriter KB160594
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