Steve, I don't think this will be an issue for you but I remember that there is an upper limit of the size of the message to be displayed.
I ran into it once several years ago and I think it was about 1500 characters. Anything over that didn't seem to want to work. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Dennis McGrath <[email protected]> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:27:10 -0600 Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Can not get message display to work any recommendations Steve, You are working too hard here! SET VAR vmsg = (''''+.vmsg + 'Date Billed = ' & (CTXT(.vbilldate)) + .vcrlf+'''') PAUSE 2 USING &vmsg + OPTION MESSAGE_FONT_NAME ARIAL FB|MESSAGE_FONT_SIZE 15|MESSAGE_BOLD OFF Instead, thy this SET VAR vmsg = (.vmsg + 'Date Billed = ' & (CTXT(.vbilldate)) + .vcrlf) PAUSE 2 USING .vmsg + OPTION MESSAGE_FONT_NAME ARIAL FB|MESSAGE_FONT_SIZE 15|MESSAGE_BOLD OFF .vmsg will use the text you have built without any problem interpreting it. Dennis McGrath From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Breen Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:38 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Can not get message display to work any recommendations Can I get some help here. Trying to get this message to display CLEAR VAR vcnt CLEAR VAR vsum CLEAR VAR vtranscnt CLEAR VAR vtranssum CLEAR VAR vpapercnt CLEAR VAR vpapersum COMPUTE vtranscnt AS COUNT pon FROM attinv_master_cust + WHERE (parentcustid = 164 or parentcustid = 110 or parentcustid = 193) COMPUTE vtranssum AS SUM camount FROM attinv_charge_desc + WHERE (parentcustid = 164 or parentcustid = 110 or parentcustid = 193) COMPUTE vpapercnt AS COUNT pon FROM attinv_master_cust + WHERE (parentcustid NE 164 AND parentcustid NE 110 AND parentcustid = 193) COMPUTE vpapersum AS SUM camount FROM attinv_charge_desc + WHERE (parentcustid NE 164 AND parentcustid NE 110 AND parentcustid = 193) COMPUTE vcnt AS COUNT pon FROM attinv_master_cust COMPUTE vsum AS SUM camount FROM attinv_charge_desc SET VAR vcrlf = ((CHAR(10)) + (CHAR(13))) CLEAR VAR vmsg SET VAR vmsg = ('Total TransAdvantage Invoices for Billing Date = ' &(CTXT(.vtranscnt))+.vcrlf) SET VAR vmsg = (.vmsg + 'Total Amount Billed to TransAdvantage For Billing Date = ' + &(CTXT(.vtranssum))+.vcrlf) SET VAR vmsg = ('Total Other Invoices for Billing Date = ' &(CTXT(.vpapercnt))+ .vcrlf) SET VAR vmsg = (.vmsg + 'Total Other Amount Billed For Billing Date = ' &(CTXT(.vpapersum))+.vcrlf) SET VAR vmsg = ('Total Invoices for Billing Date = ' &(CTXT(.vcnt))+ .vcrlf) SET VAR vmsg = (.vmsg + 'Total Amount Billed For Billing Date = ' &(CTXT(.vsum))+.vcrlf) SET VAR vmsg = (''''+.vmsg + 'Date Billed = ' & (CTXT(.vbilldate)) + .vcrlf+'''') PAUSE 2 USING &vmsg + OPTION MESSAGE_FONT_NAME ARIAL FB|MESSAGE_FONT_SIZE 15|MESSAGE_BOLD OFF Thanks for any help
