Javier, Thank you so much. The Shift-F2 concept worked well. What I did was:
1. Placed the Column object on the form and made it invisible 2. Placed a button called Edit Column on the form 3. Called the following EEP SKIP TO colname PLAYBACK shiftf2.pla RETURN I haven't done a lot of testing yet, but it looks like it might work for me. Thanks again. Duey From: "Javier Valencia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Carriage Returns in a column on a form Date sent: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 17:57:53 -0600 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Duey: > Just use a note field for the variable and in your form use the > magnifying glass in the RUNTIME TOOLBAR to open a ZOOMED screen. In > this screen, when you press the ENTER key it will do a line feed > (carriage return); when you close the screen you will be prompted to > save it and when you return to the field in the form, it will display > the carriage returns with whatever your database setting are for > LINEEND. I am not sure you want the field to display magnified every > time as you will have to close it every time as well; if your have a > short input line with no carriage return you do not need to have > magnified. If you must, you can probably write a short EEP that > creates a playback file with the <SHIFT><F2> command on entry to the > field. Javier, > > Javier Valencia, PE > President > Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. > 14315 S. Twilight Ln., Suite #14 > Olathe, KS 66062-4571 > (913)829-0888 > (913)649-2904 FAX > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Duey > Heffelfinger Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 5:05 PM To: RBASE-L > Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Carriage Returns in a column on a > form > > Good Afternoon, > > Maybe I've asked this before and there's probably an easy solution to > this, but I can't seem to come up with it. I need a column in a > temporary table that can be edited easily with carriage returns. > Here's what I've tried: > > 1. A varchar column and a form. This brings up a confusing edit box > on top of the form when you try to type anything into the field. It > also doesn't grab the initial keystroke when you start typing. If > there's an eep that would bring up the edit box immediately upon entry > into the form field that would work ok. But I still think it will be > confusing to the end user. > > 2. A varchar column and RBEDIT SELECT VARCHAR clause. This works > great in the full version, but doesn't work in the Runtime where I > need it. > > 3. A note column and a form. In this case the form requires a CTRL- > Enter instead of Enter to create the carriage return. Enter can't be > keymapped, so I appear to be stuck. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm running the latest > version of Rbase for Windows. > > Duey++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++ + Duey Heffelfinger, Director of Computer Services + + > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dana College + + Phone : > 402-426-7289 2848 College Drive + + > Blair, Nebraska 68008 + > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > + If you can dream it, it can come true! + > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Duey Heffelfinger, Director of Computer Services + + E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dana College + + Phone : 402-426-7289 2848 College Drive + + Blair, Nebraska 68008 + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + If you can dream it, it can come true! + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
