Tabs are being turned into square characters when using vbTab in a label expression using the Maplex Label Engine.
Last Published: August 25, 2014No Product Found
Bug ID Number
NIM001420
Submitted
March 3, 2006
Last Modified
June 5, 2024
Applies to
No Product Found
Version found
9.1
Status
Duplicate
The issue is a duplicate of an existing issue. See the issue's Additional Information section for details. Customers associated with the duplicate issue are automatically attached to the open issue.
Additional Information
NIM007282
Workaround
Two possible work arounds:1. Use word spacing. This works pretty well, but the user doesn’t have complete control over the exact number of spaces. Works well if the label fields have only one word.2. Use text formatting tags to make "place holder" characters the same color as the background. For example:[L_T_ADD] & "<CLR red='255' green='255' blue='255'>" & "............." & "</CLR>" & [Name] & "<CLR red='255' green='255' blue='255'>" & ".............." & "</CLR>" & [R_T_ADD]This works well if the spaces don’t cross over other features.