Indenting a second line

[Dan Korn]

Originally Posted by n2_space

Ya, I'm pretty confused Here is the original rule:



The idea is that any text in PAC1 ( or 2, or 3, or 4) that is so long it flows to the second line, is to indent it. The problem is any solution I have tried to work in that indents it causes the rows created to change size (see attached before.jpg and after.jpg ... this has dummy data in it), the lident alone in the code someone else showed me makes it do this, as with any other code I tried... so I'm rather confused.

Like I said, in order to completely analyze why you're seeing what you're seeing, I would need to run your rule myself, but it's impossible for me to do that without the rest of the job.

And again, the root of the problem is that each line has both a <br> and a <p> tag at the beginning. You need one of those, not both.

[n2_space]

Originally Posted by Dan Korn

Like I said, in order to completely analyze why you're seeing what you're seeing, I would need to run your rule myself, but it's impossible for me to do that without the rest of the job.

And again, the root of the problem is that each line has both a <br> and a <p> tag at the beginning. You need one of those, not both.

ok, thanks for your help! I'm still learning a lot. I'll look into this further.

[n2_space]

Originally Posted by Dan Korn

Or, equivalently:

var s = '<p br=false tabstops="0;1250,Left,,;" lindent=1250>•<t>';
s += [PAC1, PAC2, PAC3, PAC4].filter(String).join("<br>•<t>");

That last line says, "Make an array of these four items, remove empty elements, and join them into a single string, putting "<br>•<t>" in between each item."

Each time I try this, I get:

TypeError: [PAC1, PAC2, PAC3, PAC4].filter is not a function.

[Dan Korn]

Originally Posted by n2_space

Each time I try this, I get:

TypeError: [PAC1, PAC2, PAC3, PAC4].filter is not a function.

Well, I guess I don't expect everyone to read all of my boring, lengthy signature, but all that stuff is there for a reason. Specifically, this is at the bottom of every message I post, in bold: "Please include the specific versions of FusionPro, Acrobat, and your operating system in any problem reports or help requests."

You're obviously using a version of FusionPro prior to 8.0, which uses an older version of the JavaScript library, which doesn't support the Array.filter function. But since you never specified what version of FusionPro you're using, I assumed you were using a recent one.

Anyway, you could just use this other code instead, which, as I explicitly noted in my previous post, is equivalent to the code with the .filter function:

s = AppendText(s, '<p br=false tabstops="0;1250,Left,,;" lindent=1250>•<t>' , PAC1);
s = AppendText(s, "<br>•<t>", PAC2);
s = AppendText(s, "<br>•<t>", PAC3);
s = AppendText(s, "<br>•<t>", PAC4);

Or, if you really want to use the Array.filter function in your older version of FusionPro, you can add this into your JavaScript Globals to make it work:

if (!Array.prototype.filter)
{
  Array.prototype.filter = function(fun /*, thisp */)
  {
    "use strict";
 
    if (this == null)
      throw new TypeError();
 
    var t = Object(this);
    var len = t.length >>> 0;
    if (typeof fun != "function")
      throw new TypeError();
 
    var res = [];
    var thisp = arguments[1];
    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
      if (i in t)
      {
        var val = t[i]; // in case fun mutates this
        if (fun.call(thisp, val, i, t))
          res.push(val);
      }
    }
 
    return res;
  };
}

The code is from here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...#Compatibility

[n2_space]

Originally Posted by Dan Korn

Well, I guess I don't expect everyone to read all of my boring, lengthy signature, but all that stuff is there for a reason. Specifically, this is at the bottom of every message I post, in bold: "Please include the specific versions of FusionPro, Acrobat, and your operating system in any problem reports or help requests."

You're obviously using a version of FusionPro prior to 8.0, which uses an older version of the JavaScript library, which doesn't support the Array.filter function. But since you never specified what version of FusionPro you're using, I assumed you were using a recent one.

Anyway, you could just use this other code instead, which, as I explicitly noted in my previous post, is equivalent to the code with the .filter function:

s = AppendText(s, '<p br=false tabstops="0;1250,Left,,;" lindent=1250>•<t>' , PAC1);
s = AppendText(s, "<br>•<t>", PAC2);
s = AppendText(s, "<br>•<t>", PAC3);
s = AppendText(s, "<br>•<t>", PAC4);

Or, if you really want to use the Array.filter function in your older version of FusionPro, you can add this into your JavaScript Globals to make it work:

if (!Array.prototype.filter)
{
  Array.prototype.filter = function(fun /*, thisp */)
  {
    "use strict";
 
    if (this == null)
      throw new TypeError();
 
    var t = Object(this);
    var len = t.length >>> 0;
    if (typeof fun != "function")
      throw new TypeError();
 
    var res = [];
    var thisp = arguments[1];
    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
      if (i in t)
      {
        var val = t[i]; // in case fun mutates this
        if (fun.call(thisp, val, i, t))
          res.push(val);
      }
    }
 
    return res;
  };
}

The code is from here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...#Compatibility

yep, sorry... we've been slammed (and with another client, not even this), so my brain is in 50 places. I am using 7.2 in acrobat x... although I need to install FP 8, we have the license since we jsut bought the VDP producer server as well to automate some things.

I'll give this a whirl then, thanks!

[n2_space]

Ok, I still can't get this thing to work

I've stripped some static elements of the document, just the info that is involved with dummy data, all the rules are there... this is as it was to begin with... so I am trying to figure out why many approaches to indenting the text messes up the table.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated as I am just flat stumped