From: kj@no.spam   
      
   JG wrote :   
   > Marco van de Voort said   
   >   
   >> On 2006-04-12, Klaus Jorgensen  wrote:   
   >>> I'm no expert in proportional fonts, but are you telling me that   
   >>> printing a string that is prefixed with a given number of space   
   >>> characters, does not always start at the same position?   
   >>>   
   >>> Will the printer print the xxx's on a different position if printed as   
   >>> follows:   
   >>> writeln(space(30),'xxx iiiiiiii');   
   >>> writeln(space(30),'xxx mmmmmmmm');   
   >   
   >> No, but the "iiii" and "mmm" section have different lengths, and   
   >   
   >>   writeln('i',space(30),'xxx iiiiiiii');   
   >>   writeln('w',space(30),'xxx mmmmmmmm');   
   >   
   >> typically goes wrong.   
   >   
   > More importantly, the OP wants (needs) a multi column facility, even if   
   > not for two different descriptions on one line (cannot see why that is   
   > necessary) but certainly for a Quantity, Description, Price, (VAT), Line   
   > total . . .   so a minimum of 4 and probably more 'Tabs' that align   
   > correctly - and with money the decimal point needs to be aligned (for a   
   > professional appearance).   
   >   
      
   That's my point. Using a space(x) function for each column - e.g.:   
      
   writeln(partno,^M,space(20),descr,^M,space(50),price:10:2);   
      
      
   /klaus   
      
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