[texhax] Entering horizontal lines between items

[Jerry]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 12:04:36 -0500
Tom Sgouros articulated:

> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:03:56 +0000
> > Philip TAYLOR articulated:
> >
> > > Jerry, why can you not use \hrulefill for all lines, not
> > > just the last ?
> > >
> > > Philip Taylor
> > >
> > > > I quite often create documents that look something like this:
> > > >
> > > > Item1: _________________________ Item2: _______________
> > > > Item3: _____ Item4: __________________ Item5: _________
> > > >
> > > > I can use a "\hrulefill" for the last items on each line;
> > > > however, the other ones require more work.
> >
> > Maybe I am doing something terribly wrong; however, in order to
> > space the items where needed I am using the "\hspace{}" directive.
> > If I place the "\hrulefill" command prior to that command, I get
> > the item printed, then a line, then a space equal to the hspace
> > setting, then the next item plus line plus space. Everything is
> > justified across the page. I do not want that.
> >
> >
> I think the only issue is that you're not being perfectly clear about
> what it is you want to control.  Are you trying to control the
> location on the page for each item, or the location on each line, or
> the length of the rule?  Or something else?
> 
> It doesn't sound like a hard problem, but which problem is it?

You are right, I am not explaining myself very clearly.

Assume this example:

NAME _______________________________________ PHONE: ____________

PROPERTY OWNER: ____________________________ PHONE: ____________

This is probably a bad example. However, assume I want the PHONE to
begin in 5in. from the left margin. I can manually get it all worked
out; however, when I insert the second line, I have to figure the
horizontal line length.

Essentially, what I want to accomplish is saying:

Put TEXT here, then underline from the end of that text 5 inches from
the left margin and then place THIS text, then underline to right
margin. Not every line has every item in the same location and some
lines have 3 items on them.

A formula like: {lmargin + distance to indent - length of text} would
work I assume. I have no idea how to code anything like that. Is there a
package that offers that ability?

I sincerely apologize for not making this clearer to understand.

-- 
Jerry ♔

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