It's not difficult to make the ���� to go away, the problem comes when I
have to explain to a potential customer that my software is just as good
as anything that they can buy elsewhere! It is just a cosmetic problem,
but it should not happen in a product that you would like to sell to the
public. It gives the customer a hint of doubt which may be enough to
kill the sale. So, I'm hoping there is some way to make the problem go
away!!
Mike Sinclair
Michael Young wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> My guess is that Buddy is right on here. I have seen spaces show up as the
> umlat Y or whatever it is called. If the field is highlighted then hit either the
> SHIFT F9 or DEL key to remove everything.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike Young
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2001 10:24:18 -0400, Walker, Buddy wrote:
>
> >Mike
> > Instead of using the space bar to erase the field why not use
> >[Shift]+[F9]the space bar maybe inserting the hard spaces.
> >
> >Buddy
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: MJS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 9:54 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Goofy looking blanks
> >
> >
> >Good thoughts, but not the case. This is a new form, created in RBase
> >for Windows, 3 expressions, 2 fields, no picture format stuff, and
> >set blank = ' ' does not make it go away. It's easy to reproduce. The
> >1st field is the place where the user enters an abreviation such as
> >"HTN" for hypertension, the 2nd field is a look up field that ends up
> >with the
> >value 'HYPERTENSION'. If I tab over to the second field, and erase it
> >by just hitting the space bar, and then tab out of the field, the goofy
> >looking yyyyy string is left behind. The 2 fields are tiered.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Mike Sinclair
> >
> >RBTI Customer Support wrote:
> >>
> >> At 08:01 AM 5/25/01, you wrote:
> >> >How do you get rid of them.....or more important (since they go away
> >> >when you enter and exit the field), how do you keep them from showing
> up
> >> >in the first place?
> >> >
> >> >Mike Sinclair
> >>
> >> Dear Mike;
> >>
> >> Check to make sure that you do not have anything in the "Picture
> Format"
> >> box in the field properties.
> >>
> >> This is a carryover from DOS, which means that you probably have some
> >> form of coding on the field, or defined in a variable on the form/report.
> >> Usually,
> >> hard coded printer control codes left as variables will be the cause.
> >>
> >> Also, check the character settings of the database. Simply type SHOW
> CHAR
> >> at the R> when connected to the database. Make sure that your BLANK
> >> setting is a blank space.
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> RBTI CUSTOMER SUPPORT
