[AccessD] This should be simple...but...

Gustav Brock gustav at cactus.dk
Sat Jan 31 05:54:44 CST 2004


Hi John

> On a form I am working on, I am trying to provide 'leading dots',
> between the label and text box. I want to make all labels equal by doing
> this, which means some will have more or less dots than others. I
> usually don't do this, because of what I am now experiencing; they don't
> all line up. They are slightly off, but enough to notice. 
 
> EXAMPLE: (These are slightly off also)
 
> Name ....................:
> Address .................:
> City ........................:
> St ..........................:
> Zip .........................:
 
> Any ideas on this? Maybe even alternatives?

Why not create a right justified label containing:

  .............................:

Then duplicate this into all relevant positions. Finally, resize all
labels with text to the width of the text plus a space and mark them
as "Move to front". 
Of course, this technique won't work if the background "colour" of the
text labels is transparent. On the other hand, any font can be
selected for the text and a different font may be used for the
punctuation. 

/gustav



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