Marty Schrader wrote:

> For instance, the book mentions 
> strlen in talking about other string functions, but strlen itself isn't 
> available.

You're reading the Help file, right?  Click the "Index" tab.  Type 
"strlen" in the box.  Son of a gun, there it is.

> This would be very helpful in figuring out how to position 
> text without a lot of trial and error.

Actually, unless you're using a fixed-width font, you probably want 
min_extent and max_extent for that.

> Heavy accent on the error.

Practice makes perfect.

--Sherry Shaw


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