[RBG7-L] - Re: EDIT COLX=10 FROM table WHE ... - Does NotSeemToWork

[dgallup]

Hello David, Thanks for your input.  It appears that I now have another problem. First I tried the Concomp sample database and no matter what I did I could not get any field to change when using Edit colx=y from tablez where ... . I note that this form appears in the sample help file Help|Table of Contents|Command Index|E under Examples, 2nd from last example. From this example it seems that the field limitation to x characters should work. For me it does not. I also tried using the select command [which I seldom use] and found  that it doesn't even produce a table-like structure but displays the table columns in a list and looks like the format you see when you use the command, List  Col, that is it shows the  first three columns but no others in the table. It also does not truncate my note field at all no matter what I try. I have run Autochk with no errors returned and my other commands and programs appear to function properly. I am using the build 7.1.81.30621 Dave. .  David M. Blocker wrote: Dave My experience IS different from yours on all counts. First of all, using the latest build downloaded just now, build 7.1.81.30626, these two commands (TASK is a NOTE data type field): edit empid,workdate,task=20,hour from hour edit empid,workdate,task=40,hour from hour yield the same results - the task column displays about 16 characters, but of course remember, this is WINDOWS - so unless you're using a fixed space font such as courier, the number of "characters" has no meaning. That said, i tried changing the default font (Settings / Data Browser / Set Default Font) to Courier New 8, and it did not change the behavior of the screen - just the number of characters displayed in both cases. Second of all, clicking on the Question mark for help, selecting Command Index, and checking both EDIT and BROWSE, I do NOT see the =width as an option any more - it IS there for SELECT where it works as advertised. Where are you finding this in the syntax in 7.1? David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: "dgallup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <rbg7-l@rbase.com> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:44 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: EDIT COLX=10 FROM table WHE ... - Does NotSeem To Work Hello All, I employ a large table of book data containing a number of columns. When I attempt to call up a note col labeled Cand and limit its display to 10 characters, for example, using the following command, Edit Col A Col B Cand=10 From (Table) Where ColN GT 30000, column CAND comes up fine, except it consumes the the whole screen. Have I missed something in all the updates or what? I note that this method of display is still listed in the command help definitions under the samples and I know it used to work. Any help would be appreciated. I am using Update 81, RB 7.1. Dave Gallup, Ventura.