Re: Wordwrap on forms

Path: emory!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!wupost!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!teb.larc.nasa.gov!caywood From: caywood@teb.larc.nasa.gov (John Caywood) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1992Feb21.193309.8322@news.larc.nasa.gov> Date: 21 Feb 92 19:33:09 GMT References: <1992Feb18.210321.4410@cbnews.cb.att.com> Sender: news@news.larc.nasa.gov (USENET Network News) Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA In article <1992Feb18.210321.4410@cbnews.cb.att.com>, mvctm@cbnews.cb.att.com (carl.t.mosley) writes: |> I am using SQL 4.10. |> |> I have a char(80) column in a table which is represented on a form with |> two 40 character fields using the wordwrap attribute: |> |> [This is my sample of the eighty ] |> [character field with word wrap. ] |> |> When I select this column via a report, I get: |> |> This is my sample of the eighty character field with word wrap. |> |> I don't want the database to store these extra spaces created by the word |> wrapping on the form. Reports look real ugly when printing out like this. |> |> Any way around this? No other follow-ups mentioned this, so I thought I'd contribute my $.02, to wit: [f003 ] [f003 ] f003 = table.field, WORDWRAP COMPRESS; in the screen form file will strip out the input blanks, and (I think) eliminate the gaps when you output with report. |> |> Thanks, |> Carl Mosley |> AT&T |> ctm@mvune.att.com -- The opinions expressed herein are my own, and do not necessarily express those of my employer. John Caywood, System Administrator and Computer Janitor UNISYS Corp., under contract to Technical Editing Branch, NASA Langley Research Center