problem with increased cell width

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

In Smartform while creating table, on wat basis we give the cell width i mean column width, is that based on the length of the variable, or is there any formula to align perfectly.

Thanks in Advance,

Viswam.

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viswam

[Former Member]

no giving that much amount in CM might be too much. It depends on the spare space available. I was giving example in unit mm which I normally use. Everything should be symmetrical. Even the spaces between texts and accompanying two columns should be symmetrical if possible.

Regards,

Mallick

[Former Member]

Hi,

You find the length of fieldname for the header and the field to be displayed in item.

Total

total(15),

here total is 5 characters while the variable under it can contain atmost 15 characters. So we assign cell width at least 15 + 5(min) = 20 unit. It basically depends on how many columns to display. If less columns are used you can be liberal, but if more number columns are to be displayed just add 5 or whatever number you want to the bigger of the two mentioned above.

Regards,

mallick

[Former Member]

Hi,

thanks for u r suggestion,

u written total(5) + variable length(15) = 20 would be apt, but while defining

the cell width should be 20 CM right??