Automatically resize table cells to fit content

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   Hello,
I'm trying to create tables based on input from a file. The problem is I don't know how long some of the text going into the cells will be. If the text is too long it won't all fit in the cell and some of it is covered up. Is there a way I can tell the table to automatically resize the cells based on the content inside?

Thanks!

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Davis Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 21 Mar 14 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Davis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Automatically resize table cells to fit content Posted: 21 Mar 14 at 1:39AM
	Hello, I'm trying to create tables based on input from a file. The problem is I don't know how long some of the text going into the cells will be. If the text is too long it won't all fit in the cell and some of it is covered up. Is there a way I can tell the table to automatically resize the cells based on the content inside? Thanks!

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 14 at 8:11AM
	Hi, think your own algo should be the solution? Take the length of characterstrings, the fontheight, the fontwidth, the ... and calculate and test. Yes. It's difficult... think that's the reason why it's not yet implemented in the library ;-) If you've reach a good solution you should share it here at the samples... Cheers and welcome here, Ingo
	Cheers, Ingo

Aly Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 30 May 12 Location: Glasgow Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Mar 14 at 10:22AM
	If you use SetTableRowHeight and set it to 0 then it will automatically size the cell height so that the text will fit over multiple lines. If you want to do something with the column width as well then you would need to write that yourself. Remember to take in to account the Cell Padding as well if you do this.