Perfect! Thanks, Axton.
Doug - thanks, too, for your suggestion. I was able to use Notepad to
enter, then capture the tab. I'd suspected that we could insert/imbed
special characters.
Matt - Solaris/Oracle are fine with it - doesn't mean anything to them.
Windows "processes" it on display - moving the cursor to the next tab stop.
If you try to directly enter the tab (by pressing it), it'll move you out
ot the value area where you're constructing your literal.
Mike White
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If you expand a text box, CTRL+TAB gets a tab character in there.
Axton
On 4/9/07, Carey Matthew Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I have no idea why you would think that "Windows Alt Key Codes" would
> work in ARS. ( After all it started as a Solaris OS server. :)
>
> I had to go look up the term "horizontal tab character" at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII to confirm that we are really just
> talking about a normal "tab". I do not think that I have ever referred
> to a "tab" as a "horizontal tab". And I am fairly certain that I have
> not thought of a "vertical tab". I just do not think in dot matrix
> printer languages. :)
>
>
> I would think that the easiest way to insert a tab character is with
> the tab key on your key board. :) The only trick would likely be that
> you need to open the "expand box" at the end of the value field before
> you type the "tab key".
>
>
> If however that failed then I think I could suggest a few more ways to
> get a tab character:
> ) Use a Perl script(or other similar shell/script) on the command
> line to "print" a tab character. (perl -e 'print "\t";')
> ) If you really wanted to go "out of your way" you could use the
> Java Scripting Plugin from the Developer community and do a similar
> statement.
>
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>
> On 4/9/07, Mike White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Listers,
> >
> > Do any of you know how to insert special characters into a
character
> > field via Set Fields action? I presume that I need to use Windows Alt
Key
> > Codes, but can't get it to work. Also can't find a reference to it in
> > BMC's documentation (DAB, DAA).
> >
> > I need to insert a horizontal tab character into a field. It's
alt
> > code is 9 (<alt>0009). When I try ti use it in my SF, it executes the
tab
> > instead of imbedding it.
> >
> > Mike White
> > Office: 813-978-2192
> > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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