Hello Mike,
I think this comes from using a .CFG created under the DOS version. Try
this experiment.
Let RBAse for Windows create a new clean .CFG file.
Exit and re-enter making sure that you are using the newly created .CFG file.
You can verify this with SHOW NAME . Your new .CFG file should have a
unique user name that will let you know it was read.
Now try your form and see if the yyyy when away.
As I remember it had something to do with the .CFG 's case table or folding
table or LCfold or case sensitive tables. I use to get those annoying yyyy all
the time until I made it a policy to replace the old .CFG file with newly
created .CFG files manually modified to to my customer's requirements.
Good Luck,
Manuel de Aguiar
MJS wrote:
> Good thoughts, but not the case. This is 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
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