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    #16
    RE: Capitalisation of letters

    Well I must say that is really kind of you - thank you.
    Will test it in my app over the weekend and let you know the outcome on Monday.

    Regards
    Paul

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      #17
      RE: Capitalisation of letters

      Hello Paul
      I give that a WoW too

      Mark

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        #18
        RE: Capitalisation of letters

        Hi Gary

        I installed your script, made a couple of minor adjustments to my app, and it works like a dream.
        A great BIG thank you for an elegant and efficient solution.
        I have also learned a little more about Alpha's functions by studying your script.

        Best regards
        Paul

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          #19
          RE: Capitalisation of letters

          Hey Paul,

          So, the script searches for "-" and capitalizes the letter immediately to the right?

          thanks,
          Mike
          Thank you,
          Mike Konoff

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            #20
            RE: Capitalisation of letters

            Yes, but only if there is just one "-".
            It also capitalises the letter to the right of an apostrophe e.g. O'connor becomes O'Connor.
            A good piece of work by Gary.
            Regards
            Paul

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              #21
              RE: Capitalisation of letters

              I remembered some A5V4 code written by Dr. Peter Wayne a while back that performs more extensive case converts of last names. I modified it to work with A4V6 and A4V8. You can set the case convert field rule to none. The script handles more types of last names that need to be converted, such as those that begin with mc and mac. It handles hyphenated names when it finds exactly 1 hyphen. I tested it and it seems to work well. Give it the once over.

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                #22
                RE: Capitalisation of letters

                Hi again Gary

                Any idea why LAST_VT works fine with A4v8, but in A4v6 it causes McdOnald (capital O) instead of McDonald? Things like O'Brien and Gary-Smith work fine in either version, it's just the Mc/Mac section that doesn't work properly in v6.

                I know there's a rare issue with blank spaces in scripts (sometimes), so I removed them all but it made no difference, and I can't see anything wrong with the code.

                Have you run it on v6 yourself?

                Kind regards
                Paul

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                  #23
                  RE: Capitalisation of letters

                  Hi again Gary

                  Any idea why LAST_VT works fine with A4v8, but in A4v6 it causes McdOnald (capital O) instead of McDonald? Things like O'Brien and Gary-Smith work fine in either version, it's just the Mc/Mac section of the script that doesn't work properly in v6, but works well in v8.

                  I know there's a rare issue with blank spaces in scripts (sometimes), so I removed them all but it made no difference, and I can't see anything wrong with the code.

                  Have you run it on v6 yourself?

                  Kind regards
                  Paul

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                    #24
                    RE: Capitalisation of letters

                    I just ran LAST_VT script in versions 6 and 8. McDonald, Mc Donald, MacDonald and Mac Donald all worked.

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                      #25
                      RE: Capitalisation of letters

                      Ok, must be my app then, because I tried it on my home machine last night and had the same problem in v6.
                      It's not a big problem - I'll just modify the script for the v6 PC.

                      Thanks Gary

                      Paul

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