browse display

[Kenneth Brody]

On 4/6/2010 10:43 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> I am using the following to fill a dummy field for display in a brows lookup
>
> IJ(78,*)=day<mid(mem(6),"1","60")&mem(20);IA=IJ;
>
> What I wanted to happed is the value in field mem(20) to be at the right
> side of the display.
>
> The problem is that although I am reading the first 60 characters of mem(6)
> [78 chr field in lookup file], this is what is being displayed:
>
> 04/05 pts husband called t    286
>
> Full message
>
> 04/05/10 pts husband called to make pymnt in adv for 7/1/10.

How did the "/10" disappear?

> Line should look like this;
> 04/05/10 pts husband called to make pymnt in adv for 7/1/10.  286
>
> Can anyone tell me why I am not getting all of mem(6) including any possible
> blanks?

What is in "day" and "mem(20)"?  What is the exact browse lookup format? 
How is field IA defined?

If you run it in the debugger, can you verify the values of day, mem(6), 
mem(20), IJ and IA?

> Do I need to bring this into a dummy field dm(60,*) first?  (no I haven't
> test this yet)

No, that should not make any difference.

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Kenneth Brody