Bill, By any chance do you use this database in BOTH Windows and DOS. If you do certain maintenance in one operating system and use it in the other you may have problems with characters > 127 as the character mapping is different.
Jim Bentley American Celiac Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel 1-504-737-3293 --- William Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a thanks to all of you who replied to my > e-mail > I tried everone's suggestions. I unloaded and > reloaded form , I deleted > dbedit field in form and re-entered fields,I deleted > table and re-created > table. I couldn't seem to get rid of the y umlaut > character. I got around > the problem by setting these fields to default -0- > when I recreated the > table. Not a bad workaround but still frustrating > not to be able to figure > out why I was getting character in these 4 fields > only... > > Thanks Again > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Albert > Berry > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:47 PM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Data Entry Form > > > Hmmm. I was hoping the Y" would disappear. The trick > has worked for me > sometimes. Other things I > have done to get rid of this sort of thing (short of > rebuilding the entire > form) are: > > OUTPUT form.dat > UNLOAD DATA FOR sys_forms3 WHERE #1 = <your form > name> > OUTPUT SCREEN > DROP FORM <your form name> > RUN form.dat > > If that doesn't work, my next try is to delete and > replace the offending > dbedits. > > If THAT doesn't work, my hair turns grayer yet, and > the air around me takes > on a definite blue > tinge. <G> > > > > > --- William Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Albert > > > > null is set to -0- All the fields are defined as > dbedit fields in my form > I > > open form in form desing mode and I'm not sure > what you expected me to > see. > > Other fields are defined as dbedit and I only use > the property tab to > define > > table and field name. There are no eeps or popup > menus in any of my > fields. > > The others come out as blank when I save form > without doing any data > > entry..Just these 4 fields have the y umlaut > > any other thoughts would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > Bill > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Albert > > Berry > > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:40 PM > > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Data Entry Form > > > > > > Bill, the y umlaut character is ANSI 0255. Try SET > NULL -0- and reopen the > > form in design mode to > > see if it changes. Verify any formulae that are on > the characters, and > then > > the underlying data > > set. > > > > --- William Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I am using the latest version of Rbase 7.1 FRC > > > I have have many fields defined in the form but > if I leave the fields > > blank > > > and save the form. When I go back into form > > > 4 of the fields (all defined as text) have what > looks like the letter y > > with > > > dots over the Y. I have as many y's as the field > length example if field > > > defined as text 4 I see yyyy with dots over each > y? > > > Now this was working fine last week before > upgrade to Final 7.1 release. > > But > > > that's not to say it's the Final release. I > could have screwed up > > something > > > else in the form??? > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > > > Albert Berry > > Management Consultant > > RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive > > Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 > > Canada > > (250) 425-5806 > > (250) 425-7259 > > (708) 575-3952 (fax) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Albert Berry > Management Consultant > RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive > Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 > Canada > (250) 425-5806 > (250) 425-7259 > (708) 575-3952 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jim Bentley American Celiac Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 1-504-737-3293 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
