Helvetica 9 problem, 4.0.2 db in 5.5

[Steve Kane]

Well, never mind. I kept playing with it, and now Padding is  
adjusting the TESO helvetica 9 text properly.

On Mar 31, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Steve Kane wrote:

> I have a view-as-list form with a bunch of TESOs squeezed into it,
> all set to Helvetica 9. I've been using this form just fine under Pan
> 4.0.2 for many years. This form is in a new database file which I
> created in Pan 5.5 and copied everything into from the original file.
> The form was recreated using copy and paste, not copyform, pasteform.
> (The problem existed in the original file when opened in Pan 5.5 too).
>
> When I open the file in Pan 5.5 the form looks fine when first
> opened. When I run a procedure that calculates the content of the
> TESOs on the header tile, the text is too high and is partially cut  
> off.
>
> If the form is scrolled the text in all the TESOs on the data tile
> does the same thing.
>
> I have tried the various different Helveticas in the font list but
> they do the same thing. I can't use "Padding" because the TESOs are
> too small for that. Other fonts I've tried take up too much room in a
> readable size, the numbers get cut off. I tried "Fractional Font
> Widths" in Form Preferences; it does not change the appearance.
>
> I have posted screen shots on my iDisk public folder. My member name
> is steve_kane, the temporary password to my public folder is:
> panorama. In Finder, Go > iDisk > Other Users Public Folder.... The
> TESOs with a black border show field data. The TESOs on the data tile
> with a blue border show data generated by the TESO formula. The TESOs
> on the header tile show data created by TESO formulas using variables
> created by a procedure that is run when the white button on the left
> of the header tile is clicked. I've had to "white out" some of the
> screen shot for posting to my public folder.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
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