[APBeta] Print column width in V2

[Paul Rodman]

<http://www.astroplanner.net/reports/details/2500/2541.shtml>

Paul R.

On Jun 23, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Bob Rose wrote:

> Paul,
> That would help. A lot of times it is the column title that takes up  
> all the column width. Take for example "Log Object Contrast" which  
> contain a small number, 3 digits but has the width of the column  
> title, "Log Object Contrast". In V1 this one printed as LOC. There  
> are some others. It would be nice if the users could define a print  
> column width. If that is not possible then the width percentage  
> would be ok if it did not truncate number fields too severely.
> Bob
>
> From: Paul Rodman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:07 AM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Print column width in V2
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:00 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 20, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Bob wrote:
>>
>>> Is there anyway to control print column width in V2? If I print  
>>> the "Name" column, the column takes up half of the width of the  
>>> page and doesn't allow but just a few of the other columns to  
>>> print. I can control this on the display but on paper it takes up  
>>> to much width. I prefer not to use the "Multi-Line" option in the  
>>> print dialog.
>>
>> I'll have to look at the printing script and see if the column  
>> width is computed (i.e. to fit the width of the longest Name) or is  
>> internally set to some percentage of page width. Stay tuned.
>
> The Name field (and all others) will take on the width of the widest  
> string that needs to be displayed. If you look through the report  
> you'll find at least one Name that fills its column.
>
> I could add a parameter that, say, limits the width of any column to  
> a percentage of the page width (in which case there will be some  
> truncation). Would that work for you?
>
> Paul R.