Re: F45. Problem using display_item fields in enter_query mode.

[Quoted] [Quoted] Try making your description field (in the item property) very long, and see if it pulls in the description after that.

[Quoted] [Quoted] Andy Hardy <aph_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:b5zuEBAk1xj3EwNR_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
>
> I have a block alone the lines of:
>
> pk_id, fk_id, fk_description
>
> where the foreign key id is not displayed, but it's value is put in
> fk_description (a display item) through a post-query.
>
> I have a when-mouse-doubleclick on the fk_description which brings up a
> LOV of the foreign key values and on selection both fk_id and
> fk_description get set.
>
> This works fine until I use enter-query mode. At this point the LOV
> appears correctly, but when I select an item I get a FRM-40831 for the
> description field. This is saying that the value being read into the
> item is too long and it has been truncated. In fact the description
> field is now blank, but the fk_id has been given its value.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Andy
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Received on Fri Jul 16 1999 - 21:31:35 CEST