<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Jen! I had totally forgotten about that utility.<br><br></div>Jeff<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Jennifer M Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jadams21@gmu.edu" target="_blank">jadams21@gmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">No guessing is required, the ‘q string’ command will tell you how wide your string will be before you draw it.<br>
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> On Jul 18, 2017, at 11:38 AM, Jeff Duda <<a href="mailto:jeffduda319@gmail.com">jeffduda319@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Draw a filled rectangle of approximately the size you expect the string to span on the page (you will have to do some guessing, but you can get an estimate based on what you set for strsiz).<br>
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> Make sure to draw the filled rectangle first, otherwise it will cover over the text.<br>
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> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:53 AM, CW Weather <<a href="mailto:weatherstu@chorleyweather.com">weatherstu@chorleyweather.com</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
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> I was just wondering if it is possible to create a background for a string element, for example I have used the full screen for my data but still want to show the valid time and date for the data. Is it possible to create a white background for a string? Image attached show the string in the top left.....<br>
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