ArcGIS 9.3 - left align text in a vbscript label expression

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ArcGIS 9.3 - left align text in a vbscript...	Didier Vanden Berghe	Mar 08, 2010
Re: ArcGIS 9.3 - left align text in a vbscr...	Jon Morris	Mar 10, 2010
Re: ArcGIS 9.3 - left align text in a vbscr...	Didier Vanden Berghe	Mar 10, 2010

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Subject	ArcGIS 9.3 - left align text in a vbscript label expression
Author	Didier Vanden Berghe
Date	Mar 08, 2010
Message	Can we, and if yes, how, include an align = left property in a label expression ? I have multilines labels defined by a vbscript expression and placed as best as possible by Maplex. Unfortunately the labels are sometime left aligned, sometime right aligned - see attached picture.
	Function FindLabel ( [F_12_8] , [F_4_9] , [F_7_9] , [F_9_9], [WELL]) Dim OutStr OutStr = "<BOL>" & [WELL] & "</BOL>" If [F_12_8] = "NA" Then Else OutStr = OutStr & vbnewline & "Dec08 : " & [F_12_8] End if If [F_4_9] = "NA" Then Else OutStr = OutStr & vbnewline & "Avr09 : " & [F_4_9] End if If [F_7_9] = "NA" Then Else OutStr = OutStr & vbnewline & "Juil09 : " & [F_7_9] End if If [F_9_9] = "NA" Then Else OutStr = OutStr & vbnewline & "Oct09 : " & [F_9_9] End if FindLabel = OutStr End Function
	ArcGis labels.JPG (opens in new window)

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Subject	Re: ArcGIS 9.3 - left align text in a vbscript label expression
Author	Jon Morris
Date	Mar 10, 2010
Message	You don't need to set the alignment in the label expression. In the Placement Properties dialog > Fitting Strategy tab, click the stacking options button. Change the Label Alignment pulldown to Constrain to Left. All your labels should now be left aligned.
	Jon Morris ESRI

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Subject	Re: ArcGIS 9.3 - left align text in a vbscript label expression
Author	Didier Vanden Berghe
Date	Mar 10, 2010
Message	Thanks for the reply So simple ... I forgot to mention that this doesn't work, and I don't know why. In the traidtionnal label options pannel those functions are inactivated. In the maplex pannel, those are activated but whatever the change I do they will come back to what they were. The labels with the arrow on the left are justified left, and the inverse.