i'm having trouble Prevent Text Wrap without Copyfit

[corthorthgraphics.com]

I need to prevent text from wrapping in a text field without copyfitting. I would just like the text to be clipped if it exceeds the maximum line length.

 

My text frame is large enough to accommodate multiple lines, however I do not want these lines to wrap. Any ideas?

[Dan Korn]

I can think of two possible solutions:

 

1. Put that line of text in its own text frame. Put it at a layer below the main text frame, and fill the main text frame with a white background to obscure the extra text in the frame behind it. You'll have to adjust the position of the frame by hand relative to the frame containing the other text on the line, but if the font and point size are not changing, it should be doable. I've attached a sample job which does this.

 

2. Create a rule like the following:

 // In FusionPro 6.0 or later, simply replace the frame name here.
 // In a version before 6.0, you'll need to hard-code the width instead.
 var FrameWidthHundPts = FindTextFrame("Address").GetSettableTextWidth();

 // Change this to the desired font and size:
 var tags = '<f name="Arial"><z newsize=20>';

 // Change this to your field name:
 var full_line = Field("Company");
 var words = full_line.split(' ');

 var TM = new FusionProTextMeasure;
 TM.maxWidth = FrameWidthHundPts;
 for (var i = words.length; i > 0; i--)
 {
     var line = tags + "\n" +
                NormalizeEntities(words.slice(0, i).join(' '));
     TM.CalculateTextExtent(line);

     if (TM.messages)
         ReportError("Error measuring text: " + TM.messages);
     if (TM.textLines < 2)
         return line;
 }

 ReportError("Can't fit any words on the line!");

The first approach is going to compose faster.

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