Dot Leader Tabs      How to make dot leader line

 Dot leader tabs are useful when you are creating, e.g. directories and
 indexes. An example of a dot leader tab:

   +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Article Title                                          Issue/Paqe   |
   |                                                                     |
   | Common transforms............................................C-9    |
   | Data dictionary..............................................C-13   |
   | Dot leader tabs..............................................C-7    |
   | Group on number of records...................................C-ll   |
   | How one R&R user produced mailing labels using IF/THEN logic C-2    |
   +---------------------------------------------------------------------+

 Note how a variable number of dots is automatically inserted between each
 topic and the corresponding page number. Since the dot leader tab involves
 repeating a character a variable number of times, it is a good candidate
 for both the REPLICATE function and the string concatenation.

 We could use this technique to improve the appearance and readability of a
 complete index of all articles that have appeared a magazine. To print
 this report, we would create a database consisting of three character
 fields, TITLE, ISSUE, and PAGE. Here is a sample report. Then we would
 create two calculated fields, one to contain the title and dot leader and
 the other to contain the issue and page number. The expressions that
 define these fields are as follows.

    Title Dots = TITLE - REPLICATE('.',80)
    Issue Page = ISSUE + '-' + PAGE

 The Issue Page field simply concatenates the ISSUE with a dash and the
 PAGE. The Title Dots field is defined as the actual article title followed
 by a string of 80 periods. There are two points of interest in the
 expression. First, why use the minus (-) string concatenation operator
 instead of the more common plus (+) operator? Second, why replicate the
 period 80 times?

 Since the titles vary in length, the shorter titles will have trailing
 spaces that must somehow be removed. You can either use the TRIM function
 with the plus operator, or use just the minus operator. We selected the
 minus operator to avoid using the TRIM function.

 The number of dots has to be sufficient to handle the shortest possible
 title. We selected 80 because it is the page width in columns. This gives
 us the flexibility to change the field width on the screen without running
 out of dots.