<WIDTH>
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The WIDTH tag truncates a text within a given width.
It's useful when printing to pre-formatted papers with proportional fonts.
Syntax : <WIDTHlength=text to clip> The length is in units values (UNITS tag).
Example : <UNITS=MM> <WIDTH50=My text is truncated after 50mm>
Note: The text is smoothly truncated so that words aren't splitted in the middle except if the resulting string does not fit in the area.
This tag can be replaced by a tag, which allows more flexibility.
If you want to insert a > sign, prefix it with a \ character. An alternative to <WIDTH> tag is the <TRUNCATE> tag. No word wrap occurs with <TRUNCATE> (see below).
<TRUNCATE> |
The TRUNCATE tag truncates a text within a given width.
Syntax :
<TRUNCATElength=text to truncate>
The length is in units values (UNITS tag).
Example :
<UNITS=MM>
<TRUNCATE50=My text is truncated after 50mm>
Note: The text is truncated, no word wrap occurs.
If you want to insert a > sign, prefix it with a \ character. An alternative to the <WIDTH> tag, if you are a PROGRESS user, is the use of the reduce() function in xPrint.i. No word wrap occurs with reduce().