RE: [Emerald] Crystal Reports / E-Mailed Invoices

David V. Brenner ( (no email) )
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:17:21 -0700

> You need to use a font that is not porportionally spaced....
>
> and make sure you are using a font that is on the computer you
> are emailing
> the invoice to...

Sadly, I am already doing both of these things. I'm using Courier New 10,
sending the invoice to myself and reading it on the machine where it was
created.

Yet...

New Charges: Description Tax Amount
---------------------------------- ------ ------

dvb - PPP Dialup $0.00 $0.00
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Amount Due: $0.00

Becomes...

Description Tax
AmounNew Charges:
------------------------------------ -----
------

dvb - PPP Dialup $0.0
$0.00

------------------------------------------------------------------
Amount Due:
$0.00

....when e-mailed.

It's as if the spacing between elements is increasing upon export. In other
words, visually, things may line up, but when the report is exported to
e-mail, perhaps 10 spaces is used instead of 6 - or something similar. The
thing that really gets me is how the words "New Charges" were taken from the
beginning of the line and shifted to the end of the same line, overlapping
the last character of that line (the 't' in 'Amount').

Go figure.

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David V. Brenner - dvb@cport.com
International Services Network Corporation
http://www.cport.com

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