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    Use field in strtran

    I have a field where I would like to use a text string to be replaced by the value of another field. I am using strtran to change gender such that entering "he" becomes "she" if the customer is a female (sex="F'").
    Now I would like to have certain abreviations change to values from another field. For example let us say that the First_Name field is "Jane". The Last_name field is"Smith".


    Now in a field named "Description" I enter the following entry. XFN likes bowling. Mr. XLN is also an avid swimmer. Once I hit tab taking me out of the field, these sentences would be changed to
    Jane likes bowling. Mrs. Smith is also an avid swimmer. I thought of having a separate table with abbrev and field names such that the table would look something like this:

    ABBREV DESC
    XFN alltrim(First_name)
    XLN alltrim(Last_name)
    XTN alltrim(First_name)+" "+alltrim(Last_name)

    Any ideas how I would do this? Could I somehow use the strtran function with this?
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    Re: Use field in strtran

    I think I'd create a function and call it in the CanSave (NOT OnSave) event of the table. This is off the top of my head but may give you a start.

    Code:
    FUNCTION Convert_description as C ()
tc = table.current()
IF tc.description = ""
	EXIT FUNCTION
END IF

from_str = <<%list%
XFN
XLN
...
%list%

fld_list = <<%list%
first_name
last_name
...
%list%

to_str = ""
line_cnt = w_count( fld_list, crlf() )
FOR qx = 1 to line_cnt
	this_fld_name = word( fld_list, qx, crlf() )
	to_str = to_str + eval( "trim( tc." + this_fld_name + ")" ) + crlf()
NEXT
tc.description = stritran_multi( tc.description, from_str, to_str )
END FUNCTION	'Convert_description
    As I said above, this is off the top of my head - created here in the forum editor - and not tested. Hopefully you can adapt it to your situation.

    NOTE: You could just make this a script in the CanSave event itself. However, I seldom do that for anything but the simplest of scripts and this one is likely to need some editing. The reason I don't put complex code directly in the events is that editing/debugging is SO much easier and faster when you just leave the form open and switch between the form and the Code Editor tab. That beats the "stuff" out of closing the form (if not using the system toolbar which is often true in my apps), switching to design mode, clicking a couple things to open the correct event to edit it, then saving the form, and switching back to View mode.

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