Table column width - runtime adjustment

Unfortunately you cannot change the binding expressions dynamically but you can determine which form you have and set the presence of the fields you do not want to show to hidden.

Paul

Ok, I was hoping that was my last option. So I wont be able to have one form with 3 columns that stretch the width of the page and another with a table and 4 columns that stretch the the width of the page?

What is the best option here, using two tables and showing the correct one accordingly?

The scenario is that there are 4 different companies involved in the running of the whole project and whatever changes I make to the XSD impacts everyone!

Cool, I wont say I am a slouch at scripting but where would you achieve this? I have set the width of the column to be 0 depending on data being pulled in but I get no change?

Hi,

Its not really easy to code, but I did something  similar a few years ago.

Basically there's a bunch of fields that adjust their width according to the data used in the PDF generation. When a field is empty it will be removed. If there’s a break the last field of the line will stretch till it occupies all the area of the parent subform, kind of justifying a text.

I would attach the form and test data, but it appears this feature has been disabled.

try{
     var oldField;
     var newField;
     var first=true;
     var maxLine=measure(this.w);
     var line=0;
     for (var j=0; j<this.nodes.length; j++){
          if (this.nodes.item(j).className=="subform"){
               newField=this.nodes.item(j);
               
               if (newField.nodes.item(0).rawValue==null || newField.nodes.item(0).rawValue==""){
                    newField.nodes.item(0).presence="hidden";
                    newField.presence="hidden";
                    newField.w="0mm";
                    newField.nodes.item(0).w="0mm";
               }else{
                    line+=Number(measure(newField.nodes.item(0).w));
                    if (!first && line > maxLine){
                         line-=Number(measure(newField.nodes.item(0).w));
                         stretch(oldField, Number(maxLine-line));
                         line=Number(measure(newField.nodes.item(0).w));
                    }else{
                         first = false;
                    }     
               oldField=newField;     
               }
          }
     }
}catch(e){app.alert(e);}


function measure(num){
     return num.substring(0,numero.length-2);
}


function stretch(field, lim){
     var nos = field.nodes;
     var lim=Number(Number(measure(field.nodes.item(0).w))+lim)+"mm";
     field.nodes.item(0).w=lim;
}

Hope this helps.