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The following sample shows that SAYs and GETs don't get aligned throughout the display:

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#include "Fwce.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oWnd

    LOCAL cVar1 := SPACE( 20 )
    LOCAL cVar2 := SPACE( 20 )

    DEFINE WINDOW oWnd

    @ 1, 1 SAY "Name 1:";
           SIZE 70, 20

    @ 1, 10 GET cVar1;
            SIZE 70, 20

    @ 5, 1 SAY "Name 2:";
           SIZE 70, 20

    @ 5, 10 GET cVar2;
            SIZE 70, 20

    ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd

    RETURN NIL

EMG

Enrico,

Yes, thats normal in FW, as we calculate each row based on the control height. With this little modification it shows ok:

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    @ 5.7, 10 GET cVar2;
            SIZE 70, 20


Unfortunately it is not linear:

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#include "Fwce.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oWnd

    LOCAL cVar1 := SPACE( 20 )
    LOCAL cVar2 := SPACE( 20 )
    LOCAL cVar3 := SPACE( 20 )

    DEFINE WINDOW oWnd

    @ 1, 1 SAY "Name 1:";
           SIZE 70, 20

    @ 1, 10 GET cVar1;
            SIZE 70, 20

    @ 5, 1 SAY "Name 2:";
           SIZE 70, 20

    @ 5.7, 10 GET cVar2;
              SIZE 70, 20

    @ 10, 1 SAY "Name 3:";
            SIZE 70, 20

    @ 10.7, 10 GET cVar3;
               SIZE 70, 20

    ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd

    RETURN NIL

Any workaround other than using a calculation?

EMG

Enrico,

The only solution is to modify include\constant.ch and recompile all PRG classes.

Is it something that you can change in the standard FWPPC build?

EMG

Enrico,

We may modify it here, but we have to decide, all together, what values to use. Should the SAYs be the reference ? the GETs ?

Ok, let me do some experiment...

EMG

Antonio Linares wrote:Enrico,

We may modify it here, but we have to decide, all together, what values to use. Should the SAYs be the reference ? the GETs ?

I think that we don't have to care what controls should be the reference. We just need that row "n" is the same for all the controls. Don't you agree?

EMG

Enrico,

Yes, thats a solution, but still we have to decide the value for each row and column.

GETs could be a good reference as they are the most used controls.

I think that now is the right time for this fix due to the little backward compatibility problems. After it would be late exactly like for Fivewin.

EMG