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    A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

    I'm having a huge number of problems with A_Case-> showing up "uninvited" in my expressions (calculated fields) in forms.

    The big problem is that they can't be removed from some forms! I can delete them from all the calculated expressions, close the expression editor, re-open the expression editor and all looks OK. But, as soon as the form is Saved, all those A_Case-> 'things' come back. Of course, this causes my expressions not to work.

    Anybody else seen this or have any idea what's causing it?

    EXAMPLE:
    lookupc("F",A_Case->Client_Nof,"Realtorf",A5.Get_Path()+"\Clients.dbf","Client_no_")
    Broker_name = IF(left(A_CASE->Broker_Nof,1)="B",lookupc("F",A_CASE->Broker_Nof,"Brkr_Namef",a5.Get_Path()+"\Brokers.dbf","Broker_No_"),"")


    (No, I do not have a table named "A_Case".)

    Edit: I just noticed that they all seem to be in IF statements.

    #2
    Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

    Hi Cal,

    The A_Case.dbf may be un-invited but you do have the tables on your machine.

    They are created by Alpha, do a search. They are all over the place. Look in the AlphaSports folder.

    Why it gets dragged in I dont know, sorry I cant help better.
    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: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

      Cal,

      Maybe you've already seen Tom Cone's response in the following:

      http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ghlight=A_Case

      Don't know where he got his information, though. I don't turn up much of anything in the Help files...

      Bob

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        #4
        Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

        Hi Cal,

        Try changing the expression in the expression line, without popping up the expression editor. See if they get saved properly that way.
        Regards,

        Ira J. Perlow
        Computer Systems Design


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          #5
          Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

          The "A_Case" has appeared in a few of my forms and reports, which for the most part, have all been built using both calculated fields and regular fields. I have had to go back and insert the correct table name in the equation where the field exists for the calculated or regular field(s).

          Example.

          Field xyz on a broken form or report: A-Case->SALES1
          and I have to change it to: Mainsales->SALES1
          where "Sales1" field is located in the table "Mainsales"
          Then it functions properly again.

          Why it is renamed in the first place is way beyond me. This also never happened when upgrading from 5 to 6 to 7, but is here now in nine for me.

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            #6
            Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

            This is really weird. Today they are all gone and I didn't do anything since writing the original post except shut down my computer for the night.

            Before the original post I had already tried Ira's idea. I hadn't tried the idea of using the actual table name because the actual table name was always the parent table of the form and Alpha shouldn't need the table name in that case. I had also tried compacting the database.

            Keith - I had checked my application folder and the A_Case table wasn't in there. It is in some of my other application folders. Interestingly enough, it is mostly (but not always) in apps given to me by someone else.

            One thing I'm not sure of is whether of not I shut down A5 and restarted it before posting the message. I think I did but I'm not sure - I know I shut down A5 more than once during the day but I'm not sure if I shut it down after finding the problem.

            And, just for the record in case someone else runs into this in the future, this is an application that started in v5, got converted to v7, and is now ready (I hope) to be released in v9. (Sound familiar Joe?)

            Just for the fun of it I've attached the original listing (.txt file) of all the places it was found (using my app analyzer) and the results of today's search (.png file)

            I guess this is one that will have to go in the "Unsolved but who cares - it's working now" file.

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              #7
              Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

              Latest build.

              Last week reinstalled Alpha and latest patch.

              I am experiencing the same problem and it has cost me lost days of development by thinking I was doing something wrong. The data base I am developing is too large to attach but I created a small db in which I can replicate the A_CASE attaching itself to a calculation.

              I am also having problems totaling two embedded browse's on a form. The calculations will only total one browse of the two and not the same one on different records. The form is based on: parent two child tables one-to-many link and is experiencing intermittent A_CASE problems.

              Never had this problem before.

              Hope someone can see the problem in the attached db.

              1. Open the attached db.
              2. Open the Assembly form in design mode.
              3. Read notes.
              4. Open the XY calculation fields from the task bar.

              On my system the A_CASE is displayed.


              Thanks

              Alan

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                #8
                Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

                Update

                Found the problem with calc browse totals. One field was setting it's self to zero in field rules with the result that the total was being divided by the zero hence no result.

                Wonder if this had something to do with the A_CASE?

                Alan

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                  #9
                  Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

                  Cal.. i have seen these too.. they are random and i haven't decided how to fix, or why they have happened either..

                  is there a way to fix? I've had to go in when i find them and manually fix?

                  Turning off computer and back on has not worked for me.

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                    #10
                    Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

                    Originally posted by programsplus View Post
                    is there a way to fix?
                    I have no idea. It sounds like I just got lucky.

                    My only other thought is -- compact the database then shut it down and restart it.

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                      #11
                      Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

                      Hi all,

                      Try this in your interactive window
                      Code:
                      ? table.enum_open("F"+crlf())
                      notice the first two entries are A_case.dbf and A_gloss.dbf, these are to do with the spell checking and speed typing glossary. Strange they should show up in the calculated fields though, unless it is because Alpha is picking the first dbf as a default when no table is specified, probably a bug!

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                        #12
                        Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

                        Submitted bug report

                        Alan

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                          #13
                          Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

                          Thanks Alan - let us know what they say and if fixed...

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                            #14
                            Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

                            The same thing started today with an application I am working on. Many calculated fields, seems like the same ones, get the A_Case added in front of a field name. I take the out, the get put right back in. I am rebooting my computer to see if the problem will go away.

                            After rebooting, the calculated fields corrected themselves.
                            Last edited by Alan Lee; 09-11-2008, 09:06 PM. Reason: cause

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                              #15
                              Re: A_Case-> in calc expressions on forms.

                              Submitted a bug report 9/9 with no response from Alpha. Followed up with another email and still waiting for a response. Will continue to contact Alpha until I get some sort of answer.

                              When I think about it, I only started to get the A_CASE problem when I installed Microsoft Office last week on my development computer...any takers on this one?

                              Regards

                              Alan

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