Displaying long lines in 'Don't Wrap' fields

Shari gypsyware at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 26 12:05:01 EDT 2002


>I'm using fields with the Don't Wrap property set to true to store 
>long lines of data.  The fields display fine for, say, 300 words in 
>a line, but when there's 700 or more, the words are superimposed on 
>one another.  Is this to be expected?  It's not a problem if the 
>fields are being used only for storage and not display because the 
>data integrity isn't compromised (e.g., you can still get at word 3 
>of line 1287).
>
>	Greg

I experienced the same problem.  In my case, the fields were for 
storage only, hidden, so the visuals didn't matter.  And as you said, 
they still functioned properly otherwise.

So it's not just you :-)

Shari C
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