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Resolved Datawindow CheckBox Control Text (Left Text = ON, RightToLeft = ON)

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  1. Jeff Martin
    Jeff Martin
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  3. Wednesday, 8 February 2023 15:23 PM UTC

I am having trouble understanding some properties on the datawindow checkbox control. I have a checkbox with the 'Left Text' and 'RightToLeft' properties both ON. If I set the 'Text' property for the control to 'SC 3:' it displays in run time as ':SC 3'. If I set the 'Text' property to ':SC 3' it displays as 'SC 3:'.

Is this expected behaviour? It seems odd to me.

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
Chris Pollach @Appeon Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:08 PM UTC
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Hi Jeff;

   Basically, we are guessing at this issue because you did not provide us ...

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John Fauss
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  1. Wednesday, 8 February 2023 18:33 PM UTC
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What, specifically, seems odd to you, Jeff? Is it the colon "preceding" the text?

With Left-to-Right in use (Right-to-Left disabled), punctuation such as this follows the text. With Right-to-Left enabled, and when read from right to left, the punctuation follows the text. I wonder if you are looking at Right-to-Left formatted text through a Left-to-Right prism? I believe the Right-to-Left property is intended for use only with languages that are read right to left. When used with a Left-to-Right language such as English, yes, of course, the formatting may look unusual.

If I'm off-base with how I'm reading this post, please clarify.

Best regards, John

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Francisco Martinez @Appeon
  1. Francisco Martinez @Appeon
  2. Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:36 PM UTC
I wonder if the result he expects is something in the form ":3 CS" for string "SC 3:"
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John Fauss
  1. John Fauss
  2. Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:45 PM UTC
I'm not sure, Francisco. That's why I asked Jeff to elaborate as to what he considers to be odd in regards to the formatting.
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Tracy Lamb
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  1. Wednesday, 8 February 2023 16:34 PM UTC
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Not sure, but I think you need to make the checkbox field a little wider.

~~Tracy

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Jeff Martin
  1. Jeff Martin
  2. Wednesday, 8 February 2023 17:25 PM UTC
That doesn't affect the odd results I am seeing. Or at least, <<I think>> they are odd.
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Miguel Leeuwe
  1. Miguel Leeuwe
  2. Wednesday, 8 February 2023 18:03 PM UTC
I think you are right, but I guess that the rightToLeft property is more for some "languages that I don't understand". Weird though that the only thing that goes left is the colon.

:)

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