Razzak, Your solution worked perfectly and without any speed issues...
Thanks && Enjoy the day !! -- Frank Frank Taylor - Director of Information Technology F.J. O'Hara & Sons, Inc - Araho Transfer Inc. Boston, MA - Rockland, ME - Miami, FL Direct Dial - 617-790-3093 email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:14 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Accelerator Character & Bit button At 03:07 PM 4/17/2013, Frank Taylor wrote: >I have created a form for a touch screen that contains a dynamic number >of Bit Buttons with a dynamic caption on each button based on a view. >Got it working perfectly (RB 9.5 latest Version) Except when an >account name has the & character in it, Like Stavis & Sons The caption shows >the accelerator >character (Stavis _Sons). I am not seeing a setting under bit button (or >the other buttons, office,speed) to suppress the Accelerator Character. >Also RDocs does not list a property command. Speed is of the essence, >and I hate to have to go the next step of analyzing each name as it is >pulled in from the select statement and try to add an extra & to the variable. > >Any ideas or is there a checkbox or property command I am missing for a >button ? Frank, Technically, "&" character is intended for accelerator (hot key) for all buttons in R:BASE. For Static Text, DB Label, or Variable Label, you do have an option to show or not show the Accelerator Character. However, by design, there is no such option for the caption for Push Button, Bit Button, Speed Button, or any button, etc. Having said that ... In your specific situation when dynamically assigning the caption for any button, you will have to add an additional "&" along with the existing "&" to achieve the desired result. Here's how: Before defining the CAPTION property for button, use the SRPL function to add additional "&" for any value that contains "&" value. So, if used correctly, the Stavis & Sons will be replaced as "Stavis && Sons" before using the PROPERTY btnCompID CAPTION value, and the actual button caption will be displayed as "Stavis & Sons". That is your tip of the day! Let me know if you need an example to demonstrate the use of such technique. Very Best R:egards, Razzak. www.rbase.com www.facebook.com/rbase --- RBASE-L =======================3D=======================3 D= TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [email protected] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) =======================3D=======================3 D= TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO =======================3D=======================3 D= TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE =======================3D=======================3 D= TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. =======================3D=======================3 D=
