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    #1

    Mystery square?

    When I print a document with Rich Fields, a small square (the size of the font in use) prints: (1)In one instance it appears where a text field -- one line -- is empty, following a hard carriage return. (2) In a second instance it appears at the end of a field with a soft carriage return (and the following field is empty and appropriately suppressed). Thanks for the help.
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    RE: Mystery square?

    Sam,

    Alpha often displays a "small square" in place of the value that should be displayed in report or form if the size of the area for display is not adequate to contain the value to be displayed.

    In other words, if you place a numeric field on a report and the display width is set to two characters and the value for a record is 9999, then Alpha will display two small boxes, indicating that the true information could not be shown.

    I am not sure if this is the explanation for what you are seeing, but it seems pertinent.

    Stan
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      RE: Mystery square?

      Small printed squares often have appeared in other programs, often at the end of a paragraph. I have ususally seen them in word processing programs, esp. in Windows ver. 3/3.1, and in DOS programs. I can't remember if I have seen any printed squares in A5 ver. 4
      Peter
      AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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      https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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        #4
        RE: Mystery square?

        Stan, the situation you describe seems to be in the same ballpark, but you describe a situation where the field contents "overflows" the field size. In my situation, the field is empty (for example, an address2, wherein the square appears at the end of address1). By the way, the square is similar to the one that appears prior to the topic headline in this forum, except without the - in it.

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          #5
          RE: Mystery square?

          Sam.

          There's empty and then again there's empty. I don't know how many times I've struggled with getting a match in an expression before I remembered to "trim" the blank spaces from one value or both.

          The empty square is the default for several occasions including an unrepresentable value, a missing font, a missing character in an installed font, etc.

          I would suggest checking the font chosen, "alltrim()"ing the address2 value, etc.

          Wish I could be more help.
          There can be only one.

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            #6
            RE: Mystery square?

            Problem solved! There was a space between the field and the carriage return. Once removed, the square no longer printed.

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              #7
              RE: Mystery square?

              Sometimes, when I entered text in a word porcessor and then copied and pasted it to an email, the small square appears at the beginning. No amount of deleteing will delete it. Not a big deal to me but it seems to fit in this thread, FWIW.

              kenn
              TYVM :) kenn

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