Automatic column widths to fit contents

[kkim]

Hi,

I am trying to build a report that behaves like an HTML table in that all columns are lined up vertically with column headers and are sized to fit the longest text in a column (please see attached template). I have tried setting all text cells in the data band with AutoWidth=true, CanGrow=true and WordWrap=false. It does not work for me because longer texts simply overlap next cells on the right (see screenshot below). If I set DockStyle=left, things get even worse as cells are now totally misaligned vertically. Is there any way to achieve what I am looking for?

Thank you!

AutoColumnWidth.mrt

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[Lech Kulikowski]

Hello,

There is no standard solution for this task.
As an option, you can use events and two passes: in the first pass, store the maximum column width into a variable, and in the second pass, set the component's width to this value.

Thank you.

[nancyfett]

Hi,

I am trying to build a report that behaves like an HTML table in that all columns are lined up vertically with column headers and are sized to fit the longest text in a column (please see attached template). I have tried setting all text cells in the data band with AutoWidth=true, CanGrow=true and WordWrap=false. It does not work for me because longer texts simply overlap next cells on the right (see screenshot below). If I set DockStyle=left, things get even worse as cells are now totally misaligned vertically. Is there any way to achieve what I am looking for?

Thank you!

AutoColumnWidth.mrt

sshot-78.png

You might want to use the Table component instead of placing text boxes individually. Tables handle auto-width and alignment much better.

[Lech Kulikowski]

Hello,

Thank you for your suggestion.