Subject Re: Metric conversion From Richard <rclark4@ncap.rr.com> Date Sun, 26 Mar 2023 12:15:46 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started The solution to all problems like this is probably buried more or less deeply within Vic McClung's dbPrint routine. On Sun, 26 Mar 2023 08:06:17 -0400, Tom <IHaveNoEmail@ddress> wrote: >On 3/26/23 4:23 AM, Mervyn Bick wrote: >> On 2023/03/25 22:16, Tom wrote: >> >>> Too late Mervyn. That is exactly how I went about figuring out what I >>> wanted. I did spend a bit of time scratching my head about why the >>> startup window with metric of characters with a height of 16 and a >>> width of 40 could possibly be taller than it was wide when ,to my eye, >>> the opposite was true. I made the assumption that both dimensions >>> would have the same conversion factor. My error. >>> >>> If anyone might have use for it ... >>> >>> multiply a character metric object's width by 7 to get pixel width >>> >>> multiply a character metric object's height by 22 to get pixel height >>> >>> Thanks for your response. >> >> As Richard has pointed out, those values are only valid where the form's >> scaleFontName property is set to Arial and the scaleFontSize is set to 10. >> >> How are you going to use the values now that you have them? >> >> Mervyn. >> >> >* >Hi Mervyn, > >As Romain would say :-) > >Still working on that ... > >Tom