Right. Fields can't display null characters, but variables can hold them. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dar Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:00 PM Subject: Nulls in fields (was alphaData ...) > I should have checked this first. > > on mouseUp > put numToChar(0) into field "Test" > put "Field Length: " & the length of field "Test" into field "Report" > put numToChar(0) into test > put " Variable Length: " & the length of test after field "Report" > end mouseUp > > This puts "Field Length: 0 Variable Length: 1" into field "Report". > > The old C strings are terminated with a null, that is, > numToChar(0). Perhaps at 3 AM a sleepy programmer reverted back to > C habits. > > I don't know if this is the only problem with content in fields, > but if so, the caveat is this: > > Fields may not behave as expected if any char is numToChar(0). > > Dar Scott > > _______________________________________________ > improve-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution > _______________________________________________ improve-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution
