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    In A5V5 I have a form with two embedded browses. When I change a column title in on of them to a word with the swedish extended character - � (A with two dots) - I get an error "field is not valid". Changing to another swedish character - � (O with two dots)- it works as it should. I am aware that extended characters should not be used in field and table names, but I thought I should be able to use swedish in the forms. Any suggestions, aside from using english all through of course.

    Thanks in advance

    Jan

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    RE: Column title

    Jan,

    I'm not clear when you get the error. Are you unable to do the change and save the form? Or is is when you try to refer to field? If the latter, the error would be due to the fact that the "field" of a browse is actually the column title so you would have to change the field reference in the code to include the accented character.

    One way to do this would be to include a function to remove the accents in the code which refers to the field.

    Search on "No_accents" (or perhaps "no accents").

    Bill
    Bill Hanigsberg

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      #3
      RE: Column title

      Here's the reference:

      http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/alphaphorum/read.php3?sortby=lastreply&direction=desc&num=11&id=36251&thread=35905

      You will have to amend the function to include the characters relevent to your user base.

      Bill
      Bill Hanigsberg

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        #4
        RE: Column title

        Bill,
        I change the title of the column in Design and save it. It is when I try to View the form that the error occurs.
        Jan

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          #5
          RE: Column title

          Jan,

          Are you able to edit the title, save and view the form when you do NOT use an accented character in the new title?

          Bill
          Bill Hanigsberg

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            #6
            RE: Column title

            Bill,

            yes and it is only the A with dots that makes trouble, not the O. I am sorry to say that I do not understand: "you would have to change the field reference in the code to include the accented character".
            Thanks for our help

            Jan

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              #7
              RE: Column title

              If you write xbasic which refers to a field in an embedded browse you must refer to the column title in the browse rather than the field name even though by default they are the same. However, it does not appear that this is your problem.

              I have been having machine problems in the last 2 days. If I can find a moment I will do some experiments with your issue. You may also want to post an example of the problem.

              Bill
              Bill Hanigsberg

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                #8
                RE: Column title

                Jan,

                I took a form based on a simple table and added an embedded browse based on the same table. I then renamed the "firstname" column to "Firstname��". I made "�" by typing alt_233 and I copied "�" from the windows character map utility.

                The form saved and displayed without issue.

                I suggest you do a similar experiment just to be sure nothing else in your application is the source of your issue. If you still cannot succeed, you should post an example for others to run on their machines.

                Based on my experience the problem could be due to pageframe or some other setup parameter. Where I work I discovered that the French-language setup on some machines and *not* the French characters would cause problems.

                Bill
                Bill Hanigsberg

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                  #9
                  RE: Column title

                  Wrong letter:

                  I just tried "�" and there were no problems. (� from the character map.)
                  Bill Hanigsberg

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                    RE: Column title

                    Bill,

                    Before I wrote my first message I got the same error repeatedly, no matter what I tried. Now suddenly, without havning done anything actually, both �,� and � works in titles both for fields and embedded browses. ?????? Thank you very much for your help. I love the feeling that should I have a problem there is always someone out there who knows and takes time to help.

                    Jan

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