BINGO!! Thank you Razzak, when I converted the database from 6.5++ I did not set the quotes to the new system.
Thank you, Have a great day!! William A. Korn General Manager Safeway Training & Transportation Services Inc. [email protected] (603)382-0600 "Special Transportation For Special People" -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:49 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Using Dialog Command (RE: Released: R:BASE9.5 -R:CornucopiaEdition!) At 01:39 PM 11/25/2014, William Korn wrote: >Hi Razzak, > >I copied and pasted as you asked. I even copied and pasted very basic >dialogs out of the help PDF and it does not seem to want to run a >dialog. Bill, What is your database QUOTES setting? After CONNecting the database, at the R> prompt: SHOW CHARACTERS Take a close look at the character used for QUOTES. (either single quote or double quotes) Then, use the appropriate quote character in your sample DIALOG command. Hope that provides you with some blue's clues ... Very Best R:egards, Razzak >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. >Razzak Memon >Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:12 PM >To: RBASE-L Mailing List >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Using Dialog Command (RE: Released: R:BASE 9.5 >- R:CornucopiaEdition!) > >At 01:02 PM 11/25/2014, William Korn wrote: > > >Thank you all for your suggestions, in doing so this is what I have. > >It is still giving me a syntax error? > > > >DIALOG 'Edit Student Pricing' vcont1 = 4 vendkey 1 CAPTION 'Please > >enter student Code' ICON INFO OPTION MESSAGE_FONT_COLOR 2147483647 + > >MESSAGE_BACK_COLOR -16777201 + MESSAGE_FONT_NAME MS Sans Serif + > >MESSAGE_FONT_SIZE 10|TRANSPARENCY 255 + WINDOW_BACK_COLOR -16777201 > >EDIT USING contracts WHERE rcode = .vcont1 RETURN > >Bill, > >Assuming that the vCont1 is a TEXT value, try the very basic example as >follows (Just Copy and Paste the Code): > >-- Start here ... >SET VARIABLE vCont1 TEXT = NULL >SET VARIABLE vEndKey TEXT = NULL > >CLS >DIALOG 'Edit Student Pricing' vCont1 = 4 vEndKey 1 + CAPTION 'Please >enter student Code' ICON INFO + OPTION MESSAGE_FONT_COLOR 2147483647 + >|MESSAGE_BACK_COLOR -16777201 + >|MESSAGE_FONT_NAME MS Sans Serif + >|MESSAGE_FONT_SIZE 10|TRANSPARENCY 255 + WINDOW_BACK_COLOR -16777201 >CLS >EDIT USING contracts WHERE RCode = .vCont1 RETURN >-- End here > >Note: > >1. Pre-define all variable with correct data types > >2. Add a pipe "|" character for all additional OPTION parameters > >Hope that helps! > >Very Best R:egards, > >Razzak. > >www.rbase.com >www.facebook.com/rbase >-- >31 years of continuous innovation! >16 Years of R:BASE Technologies, Inc. making R:BASE what it is today! >--
