Nonprintable characters in text field (OpenInsight 16-Bit Specific)
At 06 JUN 2003 03:40:09PM John S Edgar wrote:
We have a edit box that may contain a large amount of data. When a new record ID is entered for our application, the screen is cleared of existing data and the user enters the edit box and may or may not enter any data. If they do not enter data and just hit TAB to advance to the next field - no problem. If, however, they do enter data, even just one character, when they hit TAB to advance to the next field, a TAB is performed in the edit box and an nonprintable code is left behind with the text ( a small u with a caret above ), and the cursor is sent to the next field in the tab order.
Would someone please explain what is happen so that we can remove the code? * this only happens with new records.
Thanks very much.
John Edgar
At 06 JUN 2003 05:17PM Oystein Reigem wrote:
Edgar,
The u with circumflex (
) is char(251), i.e, a text mark (@TM). Every time you hit the Enter key in the edit box you get a @TM in the data. @TM is sort of a paragraph mark. It allows you to have text data containing paragraphs.
Other keys than Enter should not cause a @TM. If they still do in your app, you might have some programming that changes the data.
If the @TMs are problematic when printed out, swap them with CR LF first. Or print the data with something that understands what they are. (See also the TEXT vs TEXTVAL properties of the edit box.)
- Oystein -
At 09 JUN 2003 11:54AM John S Edgar wrote:
Thank you. I'll do some checking.
John.