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DBWAddSpacesLeft

Add spaces to the left side of a string for output formatting.

Function DBWAddSpacesLeft(string, maxfieldsize)

string	is the string to adding space to.
maxfieldsize	is the max size of the field to fill

The input string str added of spaces before it (up to maxfieldsize).

In case of str is longer than maxfieldsize it returns str as it is.

mystring="hallo!"
maxfieldsize=10
mystring=DBWAddSpacesLeft(str, maxfieldsize)
msgbox mystring