Multiple 1-Char Fields in Form

Bryan Klopfenstein (bryan@carsinfo.com) wrote: : I have a customer who is trying to create a form for a table which has : 48 1-character fields. This is using Perform, but I have this feeling : that the same problem may exist in 4GL forms also. Since it doesn't : seem to be case sensitive, letters "a" thru "z" only cover 26 fields. : Even if digits work (we haven't tried it), this only covers 36 fields. : We haven't tried launching into other characters such as punctuation, : in hopes of a better solution (that won't require trial and error to : avoid syntax problems). Does anyone know a way to specify this many : fields of 1-character? Brian, sorry I don't know a way to specify so many 1-char fields, but isn't it possible to make the fields 2_char in the form specification and then only allow 1-char entries in them (via upscol/include)? I know this is not an elegant solution, especially if you use the default or any other field delimiters or have the fields appear in reverse or color. But it should certainly work. Regards, Richard -- +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-3421 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | | +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+