Perfect, thank you - that helps a lot! Thanks to you both for your help! Joyce
On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 10:19:15 AM UTC-5 DanE wrote: > There are actually 3 fields pertaining to length in your dictionary example > > 0001 A > 0002 01 > 0003 DESC > 0004 > 0005 > 0006 > > 0007 T1,35 <-- this is a > conversion which tells the report to limit the length to 35 characters or > more precisely to show characters 1 through 35 > 0008 > 0009 L <-- this > justification says to left justify the field. This could be R for right or > T for Text which is like L for left except it word wraps at word rather > than just length > 0010 35 <-- this is the > length associated with where it wraps. NOT how much shows, that is > determined in this DICT by field 7 > > So, for example if you wanted it to wrap at 20 characters here would be > field 7, 9 and 10 > > 0007 > 0009 L > 0010 20 > > If you wanted it to word wrap at 20 they would be > > 0007 > 0009 T > 0010 20 > > And if you wanted it to only show the first 20 > > 0007 T1,20 > 0009 L > 0010 20 > > > > > Dan Ell | jBASE Technical Engineer > jBASE International, Inc. > *813-498-2544* <813-498-2544> | 866‑582‑8447 <(866)%20582-8447> > *[email protected]* | www.jbase.com > 1050 Calle Amanecer, Suite A | San Clemente, CA 92673 > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Joyce > White > > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2021 9:59 AM > *To:* jBASE <[email protected]> > > *Subject:* Re: Need Help Understanding jBASE Field Length > > > > Follow-up - still trying to understand the value of even having a > dictionary length. Let's say I create a report and make a synonym for a > field. My synonym is named "ReportDescrip" and has a length specified in > the dictionary as 20. So if I call the synonym from my report, will it then > limit the value it returns to the specified dictionary length? > > Joyce > > On Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 9:36:55 AM UTC-5 [email protected] > wrote: > > Joyce, > > Multi-value fundamentals … > > > > There is no relationship between the dictionary and the data in terms of > actual field length. > > > > The length set in the dictionary was determined by the original > implementor based on suitability for display/print purposes. > > > > You will often find that there are several synonym items for the same > field with different lengths depending on the requirements for a certain > report. > > > > Mike > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Joyce > White > *Sent:* 27 January 2021 14:27 > *To:* jBASE <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Need Help Understanding jBASE Field Length > > > > I have a customer asking me about a jBASE field length. My dictionary > looks like below, so I thought the length was 35. But I can go into records > and type values with lengths much longer than 35 into field 1. In fact, > there doesn't seem to BE a limit. What gives? > > Thanks, > > Joyce > > READ ONLY File RM]D , Record '1' > > Command-> > > 0001 A > > 0002 01 > > 0003 DESC > > 0004 > > 0005 > > 0006 > > 0007 T1,35 > > 0008 > > 0009 L > > 0010 35 > > -- > -- > IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum. > > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2FjBASE%3Fhl%3Den&data=04%7C01%7Cdane%40jbase.com%7C8f243ff4d4cd4ed24d2308d8c2d41a6f%7Cbfd62fcabd384e07a0785e9943d1f9c0%7C0%7C0%7C637473563528705275%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=uyv72aT6poZSckMBsF18DEAthXQJ9tYTzGtwBtdK%2BvU%3D&reserved=0> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jBASE" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jbase/190bed23-e5a7-46f7-911e-03239265e537n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fjbase%2F190bed23-e5a7-46f7-911e-03239265e537n%2540googlegroups.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cdane%40jbase.com%7C8f243ff4d4cd4ed24d2308d8c2d41a6f%7Cbfd62fcabd384e07a0785e9943d1f9c0%7C0%7C0%7C637473563528715230%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=7RTatusZ0uHNuVzE%2BSEI8Z6IKOgq7jC8lCumByZ5VO4%3D&reserved=0> > . > > -- > -- > IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum. > > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2FjBASE%3Fhl%3Den&data=04%7C01%7Cdane%40jbase.com%7C8f243ff4d4cd4ed24d2308d8c2d41a6f%7Cbfd62fcabd384e07a0785e9943d1f9c0%7C0%7C0%7C637473563528725186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=XfH5NKXoIz4fGf2le%2B0Vw5Xt%2B%2BdZ923%2FChu0IpGfuD8%3D&reserved=0> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jBASE" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jbase/fafd2869-d0ba-45f6-b838-4753977bcee2n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fjbase%2Ffafd2869-d0ba-45f6-b838-4753977bcee2n%2540googlegroups.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cdane%40jbase.com%7C8f243ff4d4cd4ed24d2308d8c2d41a6f%7Cbfd62fcabd384e07a0785e9943d1f9c0%7C0%7C0%7C637473563528725186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=rJ2TYbAP29GhbsYWLIANaluPthXhiWlwtb5fF9oks%2B0%3D&reserved=0> > . > -- -- IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum. 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