Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread DunbarX
All the posts about errant EOF issues are likely pertinent. File or Field or Fwhatever. What I am interested in is the report that the act of scrolling itself restores the lost data. This goes way beyond what might be considered reasonable and sane.

Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread Peter Haworth
I had something similar getting data from a database and it turned out to be caused by a NULL character (fixed in 4.5.1). Maybe a NULL in the data being loaded into the field? Pete Haworth On Dec 2, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Someone else had a similar problem with a data grid

Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
One trick is to open the file with Microsoft Word and turn on Show Hidden Characters. Bob On Dec 2, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Warren Kuhl wrote: > I have a text file which I am loading into a scrolling field. At first I > thought the text file was somehow being truncated as it looked like only > ha

Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Someone else had a similar problem with a data grid. I wonder if there is some kind of character that the engine is interpreting as an EOF in the stack itself, the "F" standing for "Field". Bob On Dec 2, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Warren Kuhl wrote: > I have a text file which I am loading into a scr

Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 12/2/10 1:15 PM, Warren Kuhl wrote: Thanks...I will check to see how the data is loaded. Just wanted to make sure there were no issues with the scrolling fields. I will check to see if the quote is being loaded as a special character. Open the text file in an app that shows invisible chara

Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread Warren Kuhl
Yes...this is what was happening. I will definitely report back once I determine what character is causing this issue. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Warren On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:20 PM, wrote: > Really? The missing data shows up after scrolling around for a bit? > > Definit

Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread DunbarX
Really? The missing data shows up after scrolling around for a bit? Definitely get back with what you find. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferen

Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread Warren Kuhl
Thanks...I will check to see how the data is loaded. Just wanted to make sure there were no issues with the scrolling fields. I will check to see if the quote is being loaded as a special character. The problem I am having is the text file is being cut of in the scrolling field. I scroll all th

Re: Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread DunbarX
What issues are you seeing? I have never seen quotes upset a scrolling field, and I use them a lot. Is there something in the way you load the field that might be the problem? Perhaps some delimiting or parsing gadget is seeing quotes as a special character? _

Scrolling Field With Quotes

2010-12-02 Thread Warren Kuhl
I have a text file which I am loading into a scrolling field. At first I thought the text file was somehow being truncated as it looked like only half the text file was being loaded into the scrolling field. Through debug, I noticed that the file is being loaded completely, but the scrolling fiel