HOWTO: Use Report File Units

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The FONTMETRIC function returns return various attributes of a specified font. For example, FONTMETRIC(6) returns the average character width in pixels of the current font.

So, to calculate the average width needed in a report for a five-character field, you could use the following formula:

   reportwidth = 625/6 * ;
      (FONTMETRIC(6, <cFontName>, <nFontSize>, <cFontStyle>) * ;
      nNumCharacters)
				

nNumCharacters specifies the number of characters for which you need to allow room.

The following line of code would store the average width needed in a report for a five-character field in the font "Times New Roman," size 12, style Normal.

   reportwidth = 625/6 * (FONTMETRIC(6, "Times New Roman", 12, "N") * 5)