RE odd browse display problem
Barry Wiseman
bwiseman at optonline.net
Fri Jun 20 06:40:27 PDT 2008
Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> Richard Kreiss wrote:
>> I have a browse lookup to a file called wood_cars. This file hold the makeand model of resident cars along with other information
>> The model field in the file is defined as (15,lowup).
>> When one looks as the record, the model, in the case below is ES350 & ES250.Note the Caps.
>> However, when displayed in the browse, the s is lower case.
>> Anyone know why?
>>
>> ---------------------------------┐│ Year Make Model Plate # State│ |--------------------------------+ 2008 Lexus Es350 123456 MD││ 1991 Lexus ES250 CBR 3886 MD│
>> Richard Kreiss
>>
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> Richard.
>
> The fact that it is a browse lookup tells me you are in a different file.
> FilePro would be using the local edits not the edits from the source file to
> handle the data.
>
> My guess is that the local edits have a edit called lowup that is handling the
> data differently than the lowup edit in the live table.
>
> Remember if you make an edit with the same name as a global edit, the local edit
> will supersede.
Nancy, that was my first thought too, but lowup is a built-in, not a
global, edit. The tester in deddef confirms that it is not superseded
by a local file edit of the same name.
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