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Message started by cconnet on 04/15/10 at 15:12:54

Title: Text fields in columns truncating
Post by cconnet on 04/15/10 at 15:12:54

I've been away from Ecco Pro for awhile but I'm back! :)

Right away I've stumbled onto a problem that used to drive me crazy -- partly because it doesn't happen all of the time and partly because I have never figured out why it occurs.

(By the way, I am running Ecco Pro on both Win 98 and on XP, and I am using version 4.01 (32 bit).)

When I enter text into a text field within a column, the text truncates if it is longer than the text field. For instance, if I enter 50 characters into a 30 character field only the first 30 characters show. The rest appears to run off the screen.

But it doesn't always happen. Sometimes the text wraps nicely and the field enlarges to handle the additional text. ::)

I can't figure out why this happens, and I can't fix it by dragging the field to a larger size (meaning it doesn't work to highlight the specified field and drag the box to make it larger).

Also, the box in which the text is stored (when I click on it) is smaller than the allowed space, which means that it may only be taking up 15 or 20 characters out of a 30 character wide field.

This is really frustrating since I can't see the truncated text, and since it doesn't happen all the time.

I've verified that the column is a text column, that it is Left Aligned, etc..

Any one have any ideas what this could be?

Thank you.

Title: Re: Text fields in columns truncating
Post by Admin on 04/15/10 at 16:46:16

Text input box size is taken from column size initially.

You should be able to drag the corners / sides to change size during input.

As for Text DISPLAYED in a column when you are NOT typing it in....

it will run off the width of the column.

if you want it to wrap,

use the slang extension (Files section of Ecco_Pro forum, ecco extension.rar)

set column to use word wrap, and *presto*.

Title: Re: Text fields in columns truncating
Post by slangmgh on 04/15/10 at 20:04:42

Some text wrap well because there is 'ENTER'.