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how to set width for printing
If my code looks like this for printing a little report, how do I get the
field width to stay the same ever time I print it out.
eg. when I type in a company field like Microsoft then I type one in like
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, the whole report gets messed up because
of the different lengths. And if there is no company name in the space all
the ouyputs jam together. How can I fix this problem to have a consistent
report.
Thanks,
//////example of some of my variables declared above.
m_custnum = _T("");
m_ordernum = _T("");
m_address = _T("");
m_assigned = _T("");
m_billcode = _T("");
m_company = _T("");
m_contact = _T("");
m_contract = _T("");
m_custponum = _T("");
m_custref = _T("");
/////code to print out short report
fstream Printer("\\LPT1",ios::out, filebuf::s h_none);
//output above strings
Printer<<"\rAlliance Computer Sytems / Atlantic Computer Services SERVICE REPORT\n\r";
Printer<<"\r288 Welton Street P.O. Box 1856 Phone 902 562-6600\n\r";
Printer<<"\rSydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6W4 Fax 902 562-6723\n\r\r";
Printer<<"\r __________________________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| Call Date: "<<m_calldate<<" | Status: "<<m_status<<" | Waiting for Parts: "<<m_waitparts<< " | Order #: "<<m_ordernum<<" |\n\r";
Printer<<"\r|------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------|\n\ r";
Printer<<"\r| Customer #"<<m_custnum<<" | Customer Refernce #:"<<m_custref<<"|\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| Company: "<<m_company<<" | Customer P.O. #:"<<m_custponum<<"|\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| Address: "<<m_address<<" | Contract: "<<m_contract<<" |\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| |\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| |\n\r";
Printer<<"\r|------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ------|\n\ r";
MessageBox("Your request is being Printed!");
UpdateData(FALSE);
field width to stay the same ever time I print it out.
eg. when I type in a company field like Microsoft then I type one in like
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, the whole report gets messed up because
of the different lengths. And if there is no company name in the space all
the ouyputs jam together. How can I fix this problem to have a consistent
report.
Thanks,
//////example of some of my variables declared above.
m_custnum = _T("");
m_ordernum = _T("");
m_address = _T("");
m_assigned = _T("");
m_billcode = _T("");
m_company = _T("");
m_contact = _T("");
m_contract = _T("");
m_custponum = _T("");
m_custref = _T("");
/////code to print out short report
fstream Printer("\\LPT1",ios::out,
//output above strings
Printer<<"\rAlliance Computer Sytems / Atlantic Computer Services SERVICE REPORT\n\r";
Printer<<"\r288 Welton Street P.O. Box 1856 Phone 902 562-6600\n\r";
Printer<<"\rSydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6W4 Fax 902 562-6723\n\r\r";
Printer<<"\r __________________________
Printer<<"\r| Call Date: "<<m_calldate<<" | Status: "<<m_status<<" | Waiting for Parts: "<<m_waitparts<< " | Order #: "<<m_ordernum<<" |\n\r";
Printer<<"\r|-------------
Printer<<"\r| Customer #"<<m_custnum<<" | Customer Refernce #:"<<m_custref<<"|\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| Company: "<<m_company<<" | Customer P.O. #:"<<m_custponum<<"|\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| Address: "<<m_address<<" | Contract: "<<m_contract<<" |\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| |\n\r";
Printer<<"\r| |\n\r";
Printer<<"\r|-------------
MessageBox("Your request is being Printed!");
UpdateData(FALSE);
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cout << oct << 123;
causes 123 to print in octal.
The "parameterized manipulators" take parameters, like
cout << setf('*') << setw(20) << 123;
causes 123 to be padded with *'s on the left to a width of 20.