Re: Forms3.0 - Reverse Video/^ Character

>>>>> "mike" == mike sullivan <sullivan_at_sytex.com> writes:
In article <75XyDc1w165w_at_sytex.com> sullivan_at_sytex.com (mike sullivan) writes:

  mike> Environ: ISC Unix 3.0 RDBMS 6.0.36 Forms 3.0.16

  mike> Problem 1: When I COPY a value into a field on the screen (the
  mike> field is reverse video and blank) from a trigger the value is
  mike> in the normal foreground/background color and not in reverse
  mike> video like it should (if the field is 10 char wide and I copy
  mike> a 5 char string into it, half the field is the string w/ no
  mike> reverse video and the other half is reverse video). Is this a
  mike> bug?  It doesn't happen to all the fields.

This is a bug. It could be a bug in your hardware though. Have you tried using a different display ?

  mike> Problem 2: I'm trying to send a MESSAGE that contains the text
  mike> string ^Z (for control Z) but while in this one block, the ^
  mike> does NOT appear.  I'm using this MESSAGE(' Press F10(^Z) to
  mike> QUIT'); which comes out on the message line as Press F10(Z) to
  mike> QUIT - no ^!! Another bug?

Try putting a backslash in front of the ^: message('Press F10(\^Z)'); This can be needed for other characters too, for example "%"

  mike> I'm giving up on tech support which I've paid for to get help   mike> of any kind.

  mike> Thanks

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Magnus Lonnroth
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