formattedText size?

[andu]

cowhead wrote:
> 
> I asked this on the Rev list, but got no responses.  I'm looking for the
> best way to set the textSize of a field to the maximum size the field
> can contain without changing the size of the field.  So the field should
> be able to accomodate anything from single words to multiple sentences,
> all at the max textsize possible.  The fields are set to auto-wrap.  I
> have a "repeat until.." script that sortof does the job by first setting
> the textsize to a way-to-big number (200) then checks the
> formattedheight and width to see if it exceeds the actual height and
> width, if it does, it subtracts 5 from the textsize and repeats until it
> does not.  It seems cumbersome...Does anyone have a better way?  Am I
> missing something really simple? (probably).

There's nothing built-in that I know of. Your best bet is to figure out
a formula based on text length, text height, size and
formattedWidth/Height.

> 
> thanks in advance,
> mark mitchell
> japan
> 
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