Posted by NvrBst on 01/13/08 07:36

On Jan 12, 12:27 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> NvrBst wrote:
> > "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
> >> NvrBst wrote:
> >>> .. Sometimes the cell needs to be 1000 pixels wide (rarly) to fit
> >>> its content and sometimes 30 pixels wide.
>
> >> If that is true, there is a flaw in your design...
>
> >> -- ( <-- please snip signatures beginning with this line )
>
> > Maybe :)  If the COM object, that populates the
> > asp:ContentPlaceHolder, errors then it returns a single character
> > "-".  99% of the time the data returned from the COM is 500-600px'ish
> > but there are 1 or 2 larger data returns.
>
> Set your error handler to return something like a one-pixel transparent
> gif with a width parameter of .. 500-600px'ish width.
>
> What kind of 'data' is this that varies so much in width?
>
> --
>    -bts
>    -Friends don't let friends drive Vista

I can't control what the COM object returns (its not my code) - Only
make requests. I can make a wrapper for it but its not really
needed. The data returned is tabular data (error rates and other
various statistics, etc).

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