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   Ike to All   
   Re: Frustrated with data entry people   
   29 Jun 07 16:35:31   
   
   From: spamminator@spamminator.com   
      
   On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:07:32 -0700, Ike    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:27:37 -0600, Liz McGuire   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Ike wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> But, my problem is when I try to read the help tutorial, I can't even   
   >>> find WHERE to put your code, or if it gets attached to an object, etc.   
   >>   
   >>Go to Tools > Settings > Developer Preferences...; make sure the   
   >>ObjectPAL level is set to Advanced and Show developer menus is checked.   
   >>   
   >>Now go into design mode on your form and select the field object (not   
   >>the label, not the editRegion, but the field) and press Ctrl+Spacebar to   
   >>open the Object Explorer.   
   >>   
   >>On the Events tab should be an event named changeValue.  Open it up.   
   >>Put my code between the pre-existing method..endMethod lines.  Check   
   >>syntax, edit as needed and run.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Liz,   
   >   
   >I put you code in as you said to do and I have it working. I like it!   
   >I have noticed that when it replaces a CRLF it replaces it with two   
   >spaces, which makes sense because it is two different character   
   >values. But, I do not understand why a Tab is replaced with three   
   >spaces. Shouldn't it be just one space?   
      
   I figured this one out myself. I was replacing a CRLF *and* a Tab.   
   That makes three spaces, duh.   
      
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