Thanks Dr R>, Got me on track... turns out you need both -- (char(13)+char(10)) -- in that order on a form... I was remembering my work in reports which works best with char(10) only (13 adds a small box on the report)...
Thanks again, Ben Petersen On 20 Feb 2002, at 12:53, A. Razzak Memon wrote: > > At 09:58 AM 2/20/2002 -0000, Ben Petersen wrote: > > >Recently I've been using char(10) to force wrapping in > >text variables that display Name/Address blocks on forms > >and reports. It's worked fine, and w/o much thought on > >my part. > > > >But now I'm having difficulty with a similar field set up > >exactly the same way. Rather than wrapping, I'm seeing small > >vertical blocks that represent (char(10)). So I'm wondering > what I've missed this time <g>... the field properties are > >the same as other successful fields on other forms, and if > >I "sho var" at the R> I see the text neatly wrapped. > > > >Any ideas? > > > Ben, > > Use (CHAR(013)) for carriage return. > > Enjoy! > > Very Best Regards, > > Razzak. > > > ===================================-============================ > R:BASE Developers's Conference: http://www.rbase.com/conference > Official R:BASE List Server: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > RBTI Events/Training: http://www.rbase2000.com/events > R:DCC Members: http://www.rbase2000.com/rdcc > ================================================================ > R:BASE, Oterro & R:Tango are registered trademarks of RBTI. > ==================================-============================= > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
