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Im reading an indexed file with visual cobol and displaying its data in a multiline textbox.

The problem is that every field has a different size (not in the pic definition, but the "letters size"), and that completly disrupts the text formatting.

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What's the best solution for this problem?

Im reading an indexed file with visual cobol and displaying its data in a multiline textbox.

The problem is that every field has a different size (not in the pic definition, but the "letters size"), and that completly disrupts the text formatting.

See image below:

What's the best solution for this problem?

Your problem is that you're using a "proportional" font, where, for example, the letter W is four times wider than the letter I or a space.

Try a monospace font like Courier or Lucida Console.  Then every character, including spaces, will be the same width.  Then your columns should line up very nicely.

Im reading an indexed file with visual cobol and displaying its data in a multiline textbox.

The problem is that every field has a different size (not in the pic definition, but the "letters size"), and that completly disrupts the text formatting.

See image below:

What's the best solution for this problem?

Thanks, that did it.

Best regards

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