I need help formatting a text portion on a form

[Boaz Bezborodko]

Bill Randall wrote:
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> On 3/23/2010 11:27 AM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
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>> Bill Randall wrote:
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>>> On 3/23/2010 11:12 AM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
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>>>> Bill Randall wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>> On 3/23/2010 10:58 AM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
>>>>>> I am starting business with a customer where I have to print out 
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> packing slip form my system.  They send me all the information in 
>>>>>> a file
>>>>>> which I import into my order system and I need to get some of the
>>>>>> information onto a form in the format that they use.  One of the 
>>>>>> fields
>>>>>> is a message to the recipient that takes a 148 character field and
>>>>>> requires that it be formatted into a 37-character by 4 line note 
>>>>>> on the
>>>>>> form with proper word-wrap.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was going to use a memo field so that I can use FP's 
>>>>>> embedding-object
>>>>>> functions to do the formatting.  But I
>>>>>> m having trouble getting the information into the memo field.  I am
>>>>>> using OPEN(), WRITELINE(), and CLOSE() to create a temporary file 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> then issue the command MEMO xx IMPORT "<filename>".  When I do 
>>>>>> this I
>>>>>> get a general protection fault.and it craps out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am I doing something wrong?  Should I be doing this a different way?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can we see your actual syntax?  I just did a quick test and it 
>>>>> worked fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>> :ord(53) ne "":ar=OPEN("MemoTemp.txt","rwc0t"):
>>>> :ord(53) ne "":as=WRITELINE(ar,ord(53)):
>>>> :ord(53) ne "":zy=CLOSE(ar):
>>>> :ord(53) ne "":MEMO 201 import "MemoTemp.txt":
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It may have something to do with the location of the file.  Try this.
>>>
>>> :ord(53) ne "":ar=OPEN("MemoTemp.txt","rwc0t"):
>>> :ord(53) ne "":as=WRITELINE(ar,ord(53)):
>>> :ord(53) ne "":zy=CLOSE(ar):
>>> :ord(53) ne "":fn="FullPathTo\MemoTemp.txt"
>>> :ord(53) ne "":MEMO 201 import (fn):
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>
>> I tried that and I still get the same thing.
>>
>>
>
> Maybe it has something to do with the previous OPEN, WRITELINE, and 
> CLOSE on the same file.
> Manually create MemoTemp.txt and then comment out those lines and see 
> if it works.
>
> Bill
>

Same problem.

Boaz