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   Rookie to J French   
   Re: Help Please: Vb6.0 Aligning Columns    
   23 Jun 05 18:18:52   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.basic.visual   
   From: gonor@adelphia.net   
      
   Thanks for your Reply,   
      
   I used a text box so I could add a vertical scroll bar as there are up to   
   300 rows of data and because I am totally new to vb.   
      
   What I really want to know is if there is a way to fix the place holders to   
   main columnar alignment.   
      
   Gary   
      
   "J French"  wrote in message   
   news:42ba6595.89241204@news.btopenworld.com...   
   > On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:36:30 -0700, "Rookie"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>I need to display several columns of numbers in a textbox.  I wish to   
   >>display the columns with the decimal point position aligned vertically.   
   >>   
   >>I have found that the # digit placeholders do not reserve the spaces for   
   >>the   
   >>number if the number of digits are fewer than the number of placeholders.   
   >   
   > Why do you want to use a Textbox ?   
   >   
   > Do you intend manually editing the numbers ?   
   >   
   > If this is just for display, then print them directly on the face of a   
   > Form, Picturebox or UserControl   
      
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