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Kal Pathak

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Jul 6, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/6/95
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Dear folks:

I have the following problem:

In a list box I am using TABS to sepatate strings. So far
so good. I run the VB program and everything looks fine on my computer.
I take the exe to another computer and everything looks fine. But on
my managers machine the list box does NOT look fine. Obviously there is
some windows set up which is doing that.

Can anyone give me a hint as to what is happening.

Also how this phenomenon can be controlled.

Thanks a lot.

Please post answer to the net since I cannot received e-mail.

Kal Pathak

Robert Simpson

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Jul 6, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/6/95
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In article <3th47c$a...@oclc.org> pat...@oclc.org (Kal Pathak) writes:
>From: pat...@oclc.org (Kal Pathak)
>Subject: HELP VB/WINDOWS Question
>Date: 6 Jul 1995 12:49:48 -0400

>Dear folks:

> Thanks a lot.

The first thing I am wondering is if your manager's machine is using a screen
mode with the "large fonts" option...that might affect the output. Are you
using the SendMessage API to set the tabs in a listbox, or are you using the
default tabstops?

Robert Simpson
Programmer at Large


Dag Sunde

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Jul 7, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/7/95
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pat...@oclc.org (Kal Pathak) wrote:

>Dear folks:

> I have the following problem:

> In a list box I am using TABS to sepatate strings. So far
>so good. I run the VB program and everything looks fine on my computer.
>I take the exe to another computer and everything looks fine. But on
>my managers machine the list box does NOT look fine. Obviously there is
>some windows set up which is doing that.

> Can anyone give me a hint as to what is happening.

> Also how this phenomenon can be controlled.

> Thanks a lot.

> Please post answer to the net since I cannot received e-mail.

I don't know if this helps but...

Take a look at the LISTSEPARATOR in windows control-panel's
international settings.

Dag.

jeff tate

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Jul 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/18/95
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> >Dear folks:
>
> > I have the following problem:
>
> > In a list box I am using TABS to sepatate strings. So far
> >so good. I run the VB program and everything looks fine on my computer.
> >I take the exe to another computer and everything looks fine. But on
> >my managers machine the list box does NOT look fine. Obviously there is
> >some windows set up which is doing that.

You might also want to check to see if the video drivers and resolutions are thee
same. If the resolutions are different, or they have a different video mode or
font defined, it could affect the spacing of the tab characters.

You could also look to a 3rd party list box control that will allow you to have
multiple columns defined. Then you can control the exact spacing of
them and be sure it will work on all machines.


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