text cut off / copy entire index

[jrp]

I have two value list questions:

First, a formatting problem that I'm beginning to suspect can't be solved: My value lists, in pop-up lists, are displaying without enough space between each line, and the top bit of the text is getting cut off in each line, making it difficult to read. I've tried to play with the paragraph formating of the field, but nothing has any effect on the display of the list. Is this just a bug? (I'm using FM 6.0v3, Mac OS X 10.2.1)

Second, I would love to copy the entire index of a field, so that I can use that to create a value list in another file (one that won't, eventually, be related in any way). How can I access that index?

Many thanks!

[BobWeaver]

Not sure about your first problem, but to answer your second question, use the ValueListItems function.

[jrp]

Thank you!

(btw, the first problem seems to be happening only in 12 pt fonts - so I fixed that.)

[CobaltSky]

To answer your first problem is that it is a font imaging anomaly. It occurs most often with certain sizes of Helvetica.

Try changing the field your list is based on to Arial or Verdana, which tend to image more accurately, and are also suitable for cross-platform work.