Sizing fields in a grid, or even preview maximum value

[ChrisH]

When I place a field in a grid it has no bearing on the size of the data. So my question is, is there a method to automatically expand a column to the minimum size to hold the field?

Example, if I define a field to show a time stamp, how do I know how many pixels wide that time stamp could be?

[David]

The size required would depend on the font size, font type, and even the exact data contents if using a proportional font.

So, it's not quite so simple.

But, you'll be interested to know that we have a preview function coming with version 4 -- to be released late this month / early May.

This will allow you to plug in test data and see what it looks like in the browser without having to start a session and navigate your way to the screen.

[ChrisH]

that will be a welcome addition. Currently the only way I have found to accurately size columns is to spend the time to write a mock program to load data into the screen and display it.