Re: Changing a box on a report

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> I have some lines on a FoxPro report that I have enclosed in boxes.
> However, the boxes simply extend the whole length of the line. I would
> like to have the box change it's size to the length of the line that it
> is enclosing. But to do this the attributes of the box would have to
> be changed on the fly based upon the TextWidth of the line. Is there
> any reasonably easy way to do this?

I've done something similar to this, but it is pretty kludgey.
I put several boxes on the report of varying widths and set
their "Print When" expressions to print the one that best fits
the needed width for that record. This has allowed me to
make some pretty involved horizontal bar charts. You could
use the same technique for your situation.

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