[RBASE-L] - RE: 7.1 Forms Conversion problem

[David M. Blocker]

Michael   Delighted to hear you'll be there - and as I'm sure you noticed, marketing is very much also on the agenda!   David   David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Moser To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:17 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: 7.1 Forms Conversion problem Hi Sami, Good to hear from you again.  I will take a look at rbaseuniversity.com but at this point I am planning on attending the upcoming developers conference.  I suspect that the conference will help  a lot and now that I am re-focused on R:Base I would really like to ramp up marketing and have a lot of questions on that topic as well -- but that is another topic altogether.   Best regards, Michael   Michael Moser EXAQ Micro Services www.exaq.com Phone: 916-966-8313 Fax: 916-966-8313  >>  Michael -  >>    >>  It's good to hear from you!  And as you go thru the conversion, before you  >>  pull out the few hairs you have available, I recommend that you check out  >>  www.rbaseuniversity.com  and see if you can get into a class - it really  >>  helps with the "jump-start".  >>    >>  Sami  >>    >>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  >>  Sami Aaron  >>  Software Management Specialists  >>  913-915-1971  >>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  >>    >>  ________________________________  >>  From: rbase-l@rbase.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael  >>  Moser  >>  Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:33 AM  >>  To: RBASE-L Mailing List  >>  Subject: [RBASE-L] - 7.1 Forms Conversion problem  >>  Hi All,  >>  After wondering the wilderness for awhile I have recently rejoined that  >>  illustrious group know as R:Base developers.  While eagerly awaiting the  >>  arrival of my new R:Base 7.1, I decided to download the evaluation copy to  >>  be! gin working with conversions to see how things were going! to go.  Aside  >>  from the need to remove frames from fields that didn't have them before,  >>  everything seems to be going well except for one thing.  >>    >>  I have a form with 2 variable fields that display long text.  The original  >>  form has the fields formatted so that they can show about 7 lines of text.  >>  The converted forms are formatted so that they show only 1 line of text.  >>  I  >>  can modify the forms to remove frame formatting and change the field  >>  width,  >>  but changes in height do not stick.  When I save the form and return to  >>  edit, the fields are back to 1 line high.  All other changes saved.  >>  Otherwise the form seems to work properly. Removing and re-creating the  >>  field pr! oduces the same results, the field reverts back to 1 line high.    >>  I  >>  carefully reviewed all of the wonderful new options for field properties  >>  and  >>  was unable to find an analogy to the "Wrap text" option in 6.5 so I am not  >>  sure where else to look.  >>    >>  I am sure that I have probably overlooked something simple, any  >>  suggestions?  >>    >>  The evaluation is at build 7.1.79.31215 - perhaps that makes a difference  >>  ...  >>    >>  Thanks,  >>  Michael  >>  Michael Moser  >>  EXAQ Micro Services  >>  www.exaq.com <http://www.exaq.com>  >&! gt; &nbs p;Phone: 916-966-8313  >>  Fax: 916-966-8313