Fixed width cells in tables with ASP???

[WarrenW]

I am displaying a line of text for each column in a table and the columns keeps changing sizes even when I specify the width of each. They keep expanding with the text. Is there any way to set the width of cells to a fixed width and force the text to either wrap or be cut off? I have tried everything and search for answers too!

[MarkusJ_NZ]

What I do (And alot of other people do) is place a transparent gif in a header row with a specific width;

<table width="200">
<tr>
<td><img src="./shim.gif" width="100" height="1"></td>
<td><img src="./shim.gif" width="100" height="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Test one</td>
<td>Test two</td>
</tr>
</table>

That way the header sizes will always be the same and force a wrap

HTH
MarkusJ

[kirankumar]

If your text contains spaces in between it will follow the next line. But if your text is a continous without spaces it will be displayed in a single line only. If you still want it to be done, you write code deciding ceratin number of characters per line and make the reamining characters to the displayed in the next line. just insert <br> tag after certain number of characters.

[JoshT]

Also, there's a <nobr> tag to wrap text in, along with &nbsp; (non-breaking space).