Aligning text captured

[eddyd]

What i try to do is following

1.capture text from the active window.

2.This text is in columns. So I created variables for each column $col1 , $col2

3.Rearrange the text blocks in a new order . I created a variable $newview = $col3 & @tab & $col2...

4.copy this info to the clipboard so it can be pasted in an email.

This works, however when you paste it, the view looks garbled

exampledata1 result1

exampledatammm result2

exampledata123 result2

....

I've used $col1 = StringFormat("%-31.31s", $col1) to control the string width for each column

So I assumed the output would form neat columns. The problem seems to be caused by the fonttype.

Although each string from col1 is exactly 31 characters long, the field lenght is not equal if more 'wide' characters are in the string

This causes the tab instruction to jump to the next tab.

Is there a way to control this ?

Edited March 26, 2009 by eddyd

[Marc]

The easiest way to avoid this effect is to use a fixed-space font like "Courier New", where an "i" is as wide as a "w".

You could also try to put your data into a html table instead of plain text, some mail programs can interpret html in the mail code and display a table.

Best regards,

Marc

[eddyd]

The easiest way to avoid this effect is to use a fixed-space font like "Courier New", where an "i" is as wide as a "w".

You could also try to put your data into a html table instead of plain text, some mail programs can interpret html in the mail code and display a table.

Best regards,

Marc

I also thought of that, but how do I do that ? How do I define that $newview should use courier font ?

rgds/eddy

[Melba23]

eddyd,

The clipboard data takes on the default font of your e-mail program when it is "pasted in an email". So it is in your e-mail program that you need to set the mono-spaced font.

M23