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                                    | amitkumarmadhukarStarting Member
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2004-07-30 : 10:14:15 
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                                            | Hello Dears,I m again here with some brusty Question regarding me.I Developed a software where Printer is used through Code directly( an online printer) i  have a problemi am using code of line " Printer.Print Space(10);Value1;Space(10);Value2;Space(10);Value3" i a grid like design , problem is that the length of variable Value1..Value 3 is not fixed so the space between columns become imporper. i want in some allignment wheather value is of full length or not present like reports designed with Data Reports in VB6 or Crystal Report in VB5 of VB.Neti Want this type of Records+---------------------+--------------------+--------------------+  Name of Employee     Address              Phone+---------------------+--------------------+--------------------+  amit kumar           India                11111111111111  MAC Kumar and Sons   India,Asia           1111  Sumit Kumar          Australia            88888788788887888888+----------------------+--------------------+-------------------+but it currently is produces result as follows:-    +---------------------+--------------------+--------------------+  Name of Employee     Address              Phone+---------------------+--------------------+--------------------+  amit kumar        India       11111111111111  MAC Kumar and SonsIndia,Asia    1111  Sumit Kumar       Australia    88888788788887888888+----------------------+--------------------+-------------------+ Please Help meamit kumar madhukar |  |  
                                    | AjarnMarkSQL Slashing Gunting Master
 
 
                                    3246 Posts | 
                                        
                                          |  Posted - 2004-07-30 : 14:34:30 
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                                          | Format your output of values by using things like:Left(value1, 50) to set it to fixed length.-----------------------------------------------------Words of Wisdom from AjarnMark, owner of Infoneering |  
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                                    | mohdowaisSheikh of Yak Knowledge
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2004-07-31 : 03:44:54 
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                                          | Actually that needs to be Left(value1 + Space(100), 100)OS |  
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