"Steve MunLeeuw" <smunson@clearwire.net> wrote in message
news:uCKN3$S9GHA.4224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> We also take issue with how the textbox control handles page splits. We
> called into MS Support and ended up writing some text parsing logic. It's
> pretty darn rudimentary and I know it's fragile, but has worked for us so
> far.
>
> We use two textboxes instead of one and feed the text field to two methods
> parasplit 1 and 2. Fortunately we know the font, size and so on. We have
> a paragraph above that varies in how many lines it takes up. We try count
> these and feed in how many lines we have on page 1, how many characters
> fit on a line, then we have logic for dealing with the fact that not all
> text takes up a whole line (bulleted lists). What we don't take care of
> is that we are using a variable width font, so all this is adds up to
> quite a bit of a gamble on where to split the page.
>
> Expression for textbox1
> =IIf(
>
> CountRows("narrSchoolDescription") > 0,
>
> CustAssembly.StaticMethods.ParaSplitFirst(
>
> First(Fields!NarrativeText.Value, "narrSchoolDescription"),
>
> 32,
>
> IIF(Parameters!ISSARC.Value = True, 9, 0), 100),
> Code.rsLoc.GetResString("common_NoData"))
>
> Expression for textbox2
>
> =CustAssembly.StaticMethods.ParaSplitSecond(
>
> First(Fields!NarrativeText.Value, "narrSchoolDescription"),
>
> 32,
>
> IIF(Parameters!ISSARC.Value = True, 9, 0), 100)
>
>
>
>
> Here's the code from the custom assembly.
> public static string Crop(string input, int lines, int width)
>
> {
>
> int CropPoint = 0;
>
> string[] TxtLines;
>
> int LineCount = 0;
>
> int MultiCount = 0;
>
> System.Windows.Forms.TextBox TxtWordProcess = new
> System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
>
> //validate parameters
>
> System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(null != input);
>
> if (null == input)
>
> throw (new ArgumentException("input parameter is null"));
>
>
> TxtWordProcess.Text = input;
>
> TxtLines = TxtWordProcess.Lines;
>
> foreach (string TxtLine in TxtLines)
>
> {
>
> if (LineCount < lines)
>
> {
>
> if (TxtLine.Length > width)
>
> {
>
> MultiCount = TxtLine.Length / width;
>
> LineCount = LineCount + MultiCount;
>
> if (LineCount < lines)
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = CropPoint + TxtLine.Length + 2;
>
> }
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = CropPoint + TxtLine.Length + 2;
>
> LineCount++;
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
> if (CropPoint == 0)
>
> {
>
> if (input.Length < (width * lines))
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = input.Length;
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = (width * lines);
>
> }
>
> }
>
> if (CropPoint > input.Length)
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = input.Length;
>
> }
>
> TxtWordProcess.Dispose();
>
> return input.Substring(0, CropPoint);
>
> }
>
>
>
> public static string ParaSplitFirst(string Input, int TotLines, Int32
> LinesUsed, int NumCharsPerLine)
>
> {
>
> string First = null;
>
> string Second = null;
>
> ParaSplit(Input, TotLines, LinesUsed, NumCharsPerLine, ref First, ref
> Second);
>
> return First;
>
> }
>
> public static string ParaSplitSecond(string Input, int TotLines, int
> LinesUsed, int NumCharsPerLine)
>
> {
>
> string First = null;
>
> string Second = null;
>
> //ParaSplit(Input, TotLines, LinesUsed, NumCharsPerLine, ref First, ref
> Second);
>
> return Second;
>
> }
>
> public static void ParaSplit(string Input, int TotLines, int LinesUsed,
> int NumCharsPerLine, ref string Output1, ref string Output2)
>
> {
>
> int CropMe = 0;
>
> //validation
>
> if (Input == null) { return; }
>
> if (LinesUsed >= TotLines)
>
> {
>
> CropMe = 0;
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
> CropMe = CropPoint(Input, TotLines - LinesUsed, 115);
>
> }
>
> Output1 = Input.Substring(0, CropMe);
>
> Output2 = Input.Substring(CropMe, Input.Length - CropMe);
>
> }
>
> public static int CropPoint(string Input, int Lines, int NumCharsPerLine)
>
> {
>
> int CropPoint = 0;
>
> string[] TxtLines;
>
> int LineCount = 0;
>
> int MultiCount = 0;
>
> System.Windows.Forms.TextBox TxtWordProcess = new
> System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
>
> //validate parameters
>
> System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(null != Input);
>
> if (null == Input)
>
> throw (new ArgumentException("input parameter is null"));
>
> TxtWordProcess.Text = Input;
>
> TxtLines = TxtWordProcess.Lines;
>
> foreach (string TxtLine in TxtLines)
>
> {
>
> if (LineCount < Lines)
>
> {
>
> if (TxtLine.Length > NumCharsPerLine)
>
> {
>
> MultiCount = TxtLine.Length / NumCharsPerLine;
>
> LineCount = LineCount + MultiCount;
>
> if (LineCount < Lines)
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = CropPoint + TxtLine.Length + 2;
>
> }
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = CropPoint + TxtLine.Length + 2;
>
> LineCount++;
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
> if (CropPoint == 0)
>
> {
>
> if (Input.Length < (NumCharsPerLine * Lines))
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = Input.Length;
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = (NumCharsPerLine * Lines);
>
> }
>
> }
>
> if (CropPoint > Input.Length)
>
> {
>
> CropPoint = Input.Length;
>
> }
>
> TxtWordProcess.Dispose();
>
> return CropPoint;
>
> }
>
>
> public static int LineCount(string Input, int NumCharsPerLine)
>
> {
>
> int LineCount = 0;
>
> int Count = 0;
>
> string[] TxtLines;
>
> System.Windows.Forms.TextBox TxtWordProcess = new
> System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
>
> //validate parameters
>
> System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(null != Input);
>
> if (null == Input)
>
> throw (new ArgumentException("input parameter is null"));
>
> TxtWordProcess.Text = Input;
>
> TxtLines = TxtWordProcess.Lines;
>
> //Loop through each line, if the line wraps, check that it spills onto a
> next line.
>
> //if there isn't anything on the line, count that too.
>
> foreach (string TxtLine in TxtLines)
>
> {
>
> Count = (TxtLine.Length / NumCharsPerLine);
>