G'day Bob, Is OrdTotal a column name as well?
At 18:31 14/05/02 -0500, you wrote: >Sami - > >Thank you for your response. My report is based upon a >table and not a view and the field names are all less than >10 characters. > >I did resolve the problem, but have no idea why it was causing >it. I had a computed variable that added the values of (3) >variables, it was entered as such: > >OrdTotal = (.VTOTAL + .VFRTCHG + .VMISCHARGE) > >I deleted the variable and location and the report would then >accept the column values. I entered the variable back in and >all the columns disappeared! I deleted the column and >entered it back as: > >REPTOTAL = (.VTOTAL + .VFRTCHG + .VMISCHARGE) > >and everything worked fine! Go figure! I am 99.99% sure that I >changed nothing else. For some reason it did not like the >OrdTotal variable name. I know it sounds weird! In any case >I am up and running! > >Thanks again! > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sami Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 5:00 PM >Subject: Re: Report Oddity > > > >Bob - > > > >Check the view definition that the report is based upon. If the field >names > >are saved as "tablename.columnname" and the length of this "field name" > >exceeds 18 characters, it will cause the fields to disappear, as you have > >seen. If that's the case, re-define the view to use alias names, then >place > >those on the report. The alias names can be the same as the field names - > >but without the table designation. > > > >Sami > > > >----------------------------------------------------------- > >Sami Aaron > >Software Management Specialists > >19312 W 63rd Terr > >Shawnee KS 66218 > >913-915-1971 > >http://www.softwaremgmt.com > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Bob Thompson > >To: RBase-L > >Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:11 PM > >Subject: Report Oddity > > > > > >Rbase 6.5++ Win. > > > >I have used the report generator on several reports and am fairly > >familar with it, but have ran across a problem that is weirding me > >out! > > > >I have a report that has several variable objects and a few text > >boxes. I place column objects on the report as normal and then > >save the report. When I print the report, the column fields do not > >show up. I go back into the report generator and the column > >fields are all gone. All the calculation variables work fine and display > >when printing. So I add the column objects back and save the report > >and immediately go back into the report generator and the columns are > >all gone. No error messages or anything. > > > >I tried copying the report, and the copy acts the same. Other reports >based > >on the same driving table work OK. I added additional variable objects > >and they "stay" OK. All objects work except column on this report. > > > >Pretty bizzare! 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