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    Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

    I need some help here. I have an application in v9 that creates text for a memo field. The v9 application runs fine. When I move it to v10 I get a "funky" characters displayed on the screen when I go longer than say 200 characters. Again I stress that the program works great in v9.

    The field is a object pointing to a memo field in a table. I load the field by putting other memo fields together from another table. The program works ok on first touch of a button that performs this action, but on subsequent button pushes it places special characters in the field and then the field type changes.

    Any suggestions? On v10 build 2814, system addins build 3539.
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    #2
    Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

    Hi Bob,

    Welcome to Alpha.

    It might help better on this occasion if you were to post a sample of your app with the problem forms.
    Regards
    Keith Hubert
    Alpha Guild Member
    London.
    KHDB Management Systems
    Skype = keith.hubert


    For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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      #3
      Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

      You can test this error quite easily. I have a form pointing to a memo field in a table. I also put a field on the form for the length of that field and calculated it. I then added characters to that field and redisplay it.

      'script_play_local("notes_exam") I comment this line out because I was loading the texam from a script

      parentform:Obj_exam.value = parentform:Obj_exam.value + "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
      parentform:Obj_exam.value = parentform:Obj_exam.value + "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

      'parentform:Obj_exam.value = texam
      parentform:tlen.value = len(parentform:Obj_exam.value)

      When the field parentform:obj_exam.value goes above 1050 characters it resets to "". In v9 it continues to display the field even when length went past 3000.

      Hope that clarifies things.

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        #4
        Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

        Bob, your description is better, but still not as good as supplying a working copy for us to see.

        Here's what I think you're doing, and it seems to work fine in build 2890_3545.

        Does it work ok for you?

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          #5
          Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

          Ttanks Tom. This is a chiropractic notes package. I will have to pull out senitive data and zip it for all to look at. I will also try build you are talking about to see if it has same error. Sorry I am very new at posting and am unsure what I should include (file wise).

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            #6
            Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

            Bob, if you copy the entire database to a new folder, you could then open it there and delete or mangle the data to your heart's content. We don't need to see "live" data, nor do we need all the records, just a representative sampling. Alpha includes a Zip tool that can be used to create a "zip" file containing the entire database. This can be uploaded when replying to a message here. Use the "Go Advanced" button to open the advanced message editor. "Manage Attachments" is an option in the advanced editior.

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              #7
              Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

              Tom,

              you used
              parentform:notes.text = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

              which doesn't generate the error.


              I was using
              parentform:notes.value = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
              which generates the error even in your example in v10.

              So the question now becomes why do we have the two different forms? (ie. .text and .value) and why the change in v9 to v10?

              Thanks for your example it helped immensely?

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                #8
                Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

                Oh by the way I used the .value form of the xbasic command because when I added an action script to the button I used >set field values< which then placed that code into xbasic. I assumed since the code worked that it was the proper way to perform that programming step. Obviously I was mistaken.

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                  #9
                  Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

                  Bob,

                  I don't have a complete answer for you.

                  Code:
                  .text
                  is a reference to the "text" property of the "notes" object in the form layout. This is the "text" equivalent of keystrokes entered from the keyboard. That's why I chose it here.

                  Code:
                  .value
                  is a reference to the "value" property of the "notes" object in the form layout. This is the data-typed "value" held in the record buffer for the field.

                  It's my understanding inputs from the user are actually stored in two places. First the text box receiving the keystrokes, and then the data-typed buffer to which the text box is bound. Normally, the buffer stays in synch with the text box. I suspect something has changed which is causing a problem for you in this special case.

                  I've submitted a bug report.
                  Last edited by Tom Cone Jr; 05-21-2010, 05:37 AM.

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                    #10
                    Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

                    Tom,

                    Thanks. Your explanation helps. At least I have a working step now in Alpha 5v10. Thanks for the bug submission as well.

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                      #11
                      Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

                      .text only has unformatted text

                      .value has formatting information embedded. Those are the 'funky' characters that you are seeing.

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                        #12
                        Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

                        Bob, I've been informed that a bug was found and squashed. Should be in a future release candidate.

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                          Re: Memo screen object error in v10 not in V9.

                          Tom,

                          Thanks for bug submission, help squashing, and general info I will most likely have future posts. I use the ontimer feature and it seems it has a few quirks with embedded browses. I was hoping upgrading to v10 helps. We will see. Thanks again for the hard work you and others do. It helps us naive old and young part time programmers.

                          Bob Nilles

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