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How do I limit the number of columns of a basic table field?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:07 am
by ittzy
Hi im trying to set a basic table to 3 columns, I googled some but cant really find anything except this set the tabStops of fld "data" to 200,100,0 but it dos not work.
Re: How do I limit the number of columns of a basic table fi
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 4:26 am
by dunbarx
Hi.
There is no "limit" to the width of a table field, which is just an ordinary field with special properties. In other words, if you want three columns, set your tabStops as you wish, and then set the field width. What you get is what you see.
As for those tabStop values, read the dictionary entry and play around a little. Pay particular attention to what it means to place a tabStop with a value less that its predecessor.
Now then, if your question was really this:
How do I prevent tabbing in a tab field from going off the right end of the control?
or rather
How do i force a tab when in column 3 to go to the next row in column 1?
Then write back. But that is a different question.
Craig Newman