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Anybody have a bit of code that centers all the text in a text box.. i already have code on there to word wrap..

thx

Chris,

Let me ask this for clarification. What do you want? Do you want to always center the text that is typed in it's bounding area?

-g

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I've got 4 lines of text within a text box (no more than 140 characters).. coming from a database.. if i have only one line of text, have it centered.. if it's two lines of text, centered with word wrap.. i don't want the text squeezed.. 3 & 4 lines of text, centered and word wrapped..

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@Chris:

How does your script to word-wrap look like?

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Dim maxWidth As Double

Dim newText As String

Dim line As String

Dim strWord As String

Dim list As Array

maxWidth = 400 'maxWidth = Self.AutoSqueezeWidth

If Self.GetTextWidthS(Text) > maxWidth Then

list = Split(Text, " ", -1, 1)

newText = ""

line = ""

For Each strWord In list

If (Self.GetTextWidthS(line & strWord) > maxWidth) Then

newText = newText & line & vbCrLf

line = strWord & " "

Else

line = line & strWord & " "

End If

Next

newText = newText & line

Text = newText

End If

 

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unfortunately all the scripts i've been given don't work properly for this task. They work in design mode but not when taking data from a database.. if I have a 4 line data coming in i can adjust the Y so it's centered correctly for every 4 line.. but then when a 1 line (or 2 or 3)comes in it's not centered.. if I adjust it for a 1 line to be centered, then the 4 line is way off.. if I had an option to adjust the LEADING of a row in the sequencer that could be a workaround.. i'll have the 1 line centered and manually adjust leading on 2, 3 & 4..

Perhaps if I had a expert teamview in to see what it looks like as I take the data in a proper fix will be found.

regards

ps.. thanks ross guys, I've been given a variety of scripts by them, they've been helpful..

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@Chris:

My idea for a solution. It is not tested but I think it is worth to give it a try.

put your text box into an animationcontroller with 4 positions which presents the 4 possible Y-positions for 1 to 4 rows of text. with your script you are able to count the amount of rows. Take the amount of rows as a reference for the position of the animcontroller and jump to that postiion.

Hope this helps. Give me a note.

regards

Tom

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