Re: Has anyone written a word wrap routine for text?

Path: emory!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!ub!dsinc!das13!dave From: dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Keywords: informix Message-ID: <1613@das13.snide.com> Date: 27 Jan 92 02:19:32 GMT References: <1992Jan21.163335.14195@cbnews.cb.att.com> <1604@das13.snide.com> <1992Jan25.020930.25632@ddssuprs.uucp> Organization: Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA In article <1992Jan25.020930.25632@ddssuprs.uucp>, lpc@ddssuprs.uucp (Luis P Caamano) writes: > What I really want is to have a table called 'lines' with two > fields, one the document id (the join) and the other one is > the line field. Then I'll define a 6 lines array field on the form > with a max program array of let's say 300. That would give me a 300 > lines memo pad. Then I use my input array on the field and then > you'll have a efficient memo field. If the user only types one > line then I'll have only one record on the lines table. It's here > where I want a wordwrap feature. As you might guess what I want > is the wordwrap feature implemented on a another kind of input > array command or the WORDWRAP feature with scrolling capabilities > on a VARCHAR field. Get the idea? We used to do that, it worked quite well until someone wanted to write damn near a book describing each piece of equipment and 300 lines wasn't enough. Now we use TEXT blobs with Micro Emacs (with emacs wordwrap turned on), and also BYTE blobs with Word Perfect. These two solutions work like a charm. Remember! TEXT and BYTE blobs require Informix-ONLINE. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.4 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: Dave.Snyder@snide.com