Text item of varchar2(2000) with vertical scrollbar not displaying properly

Question

Hi,
I have a text item of varchar2(2000) with a vertical scroll bar.
I am populating data into the text item using a forms procedure.
(Look at the sample code below)
The problem is the rpadding is NOT displayed properly. I mean
the detail records are NOT shown straight below their respective column heading
in the text item. (BUT if I cut this stuff from the text item and paste it in a
notepad, then the alignment is correct and the data is shown below their
respective column headings)
My code is something like below ...
CURSOR c_get_lab_client_results
IS
SELECT res.lr_id lr_id, org.short_name org_name, TO_CHAR(res.specimen_taken_date,'DD-MON-YYYY') std, substr(res.accession_number,1,20) acc_num, res.lr_type lrtype, res.hdc_id hdcid
FROM bc_organisations org,
cq_laboratory_results res
WHERE cli_id = :clients.cli_id
AND lr_id = :results.lr_id
AND res.org_id = org.org_id
ORDER BY lr_id;
Begin
-- Header
SELECT :TRFRDTLS.TRANSFER_DETAILS||RPAD('ORGANISATION',16,' ')||' '||RPAD('SPECIMEN DATE',15,' ')||' '||RPAD('ACCESSION NUMBER',20)||' '||RPAD('RESULTS',16,' ')||chr(10)||chr(10)
INTO :TRFRDTLS.TRANSFER_DETAILS FROM DUAL;
-- Detail
FOR c1 IN c_get_lab_client_results LOOP
ls_results := RPAD('XXXX',16,' '); -- Just for example
SELECT :TRFRDTLS.TRANSFER_DETAILS||RPAD(TO_CHAR(c1.org_name),16,' ')||' '||RPAD(c1.std,15,' ')||' '||RPAD(c1.acc_num,20)||' '||ls_results||chr(10)
INTO :TRFRDTLS.TRANSFER_DETAILS FROM DUAL;
END LOOP;
End;
Thanks in advance.
Cheers

Answer 1

Try using a monospace font such as Courier New for the text item.