As the old saying goes (forgive me animal lovers. I'm showing my age.) "There is more than one way to skin a cat". I skinned the gremlin by using the PROPERTY commands to accomplish what I wanted. I still have no idea why the variable was acting as it did.
It is nice that there is more than one way to accomplish tasks. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:12 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Gremlin in Form At 11:53 AM 11/25/2009, Jim Belisle wrote: >I created a form in which I am concatenating multiple text and note >fields into one field. >I had it working then sometime over the weekend one var started >giving me odd information. >I will try to be brief but thorough. In the expression builder I >create the following >variables. > >vshort = (SHORTAGES MUST BE NOTED ON BILL OF LADING AND REPORTED TO >DRIVER IMMEDIATELY) >vshipnotes = (shipnotes) Add quotes when defining a variable with TEXT data. -- Example: vShort = ('SHORTAGES MUST BE NOTED ON BILL OF LADING AND REPORTED TO DRIVER IMMEDIATELY') What are the data types of all variables involved with concatenated variable? That should give you some blue's clues! Very Best R:egards, Razzak.
