Re: is there a proper way in FPW 2.6 to add a line to the end of a memo?

2017-05-01 Thread Michael Madigan
Thank you From: Jean MAURICE To: profox@leafe.com Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 5:39 AM Subject: Re: is there a proper way in FPW 2.6 to add a line to the end of a memo? Hi Michael, in fact each time you modify a memo field, its previous space is marked as 'unused'

Re: is there a proper way in FPW 2.6 to add a line to the end of a memo?

2017-04-28 Thread Jean MAURICE
Hi Michael, in fact each time you modify a memo field, its previous space is marked as 'unused' and a new space is created on the HDD. I think that the only way to avoid the size to grow is to PACK MEMO the table at the end of the update (or perhaps during the update if the size'grow (is it un

Re: is there a proper way in FPW 2.6 to add a line to the end of a memo?

2017-04-28 Thread Peter Cushing
On 28/04/2017 10:15, Michael Madigan wrote: is there a recommended way in FPW 2.6 to add a line to the end of a memo field? I have been using : replace memo_field with memo_field + new_line and every once in a while the FPT file blows up to a large size (2 or 3 times normal size). I'm guessi

is there a proper way in FPW 2.6 to add a line to the end of a memo?

2017-04-28 Thread Michael Madigan
is there a recommended way in FPW 2.6 to add a line to the end of a memo field?    I have been using :  replace memo_field with memo_field + new_line  and every once in a while the FPT file  blows up to a large size  (2 or 3 times normal size).   I'm guessing it blows up because someone uses a ut