Re: The "&" Character and Menus

[Reiser, John J]

Title: The "&" Character and Menus

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Stephen,

 

I was going to suggest that but then the next time the menu is used Lisa's users would get the BS. And we don't want to give our users any BS ;^>

Lisa could always push to a Display only filed and do the REPLACE but though you save on db storage you work the server every time that field needs to be displayed with one &.

That's why I asked if the menu used the same field for Label and Value. 

Have a nice weekend all,

 

 

John J. Reiser
Software Development Analyst
Remedy Administrator/Developer
Lockheed Martin - MS2
The star that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Pay close attention and be illuminated by its brilliance. - paraphrased by me

 

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From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heider, Stephen
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:07 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: The "&" Character and Menus

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This is true for many Windows applications.  In ARS, when you need to display the value (not in a menu) you could use the REPLACE() function to change && into &. 

 

Stephen

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From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:53 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: The "&" Character and Menus

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Thanks John,

 

I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything that I was doing wrong. 

 

Regards,

 

Lisa

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From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reiser, John J
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:41 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: The "&" Character and Menus

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Lisa,

Yes I have and it is "as designed". Doubling the & escapes it from its normal role a a concatenation operator.

If your menu uses the same field for Label and Value you will see B&S in the menu but B&&S will be pasted to the field.

You can't do much about it because the field is working double-duty.

HTH,

 

John J. Reiser
Software Development Analyst
Remedy Administrator/Developer
Lockheed Martin - MS2
The star that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Pay close attention and be illuminated by its brilliance. - paraphrased by me

 

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From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:30 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: The "&" Character and Menus

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I have a search menu that calls the same form that the Menu is actually on (does that make sense?)

When I type something like B&S into my field, hit save, then check the Menu, it comes up as "BS"

When I type something like B&&S into my field, hit save, then check the Menu, it comes up as "B&S"

Has anyone seen this before?

Lisa Kemes
Tyco Electronics
Remedy Support
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Harrisburg, PA 17112
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