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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Printout problem Nov 1^st, 2007 at 2:19pm	Print Post
	My Workorders and Invoices use the @ symbol in text strings for noting price rates, for example: "1 Rigger, 3 hours @ $64.00 per hour, Uncrating" However, on my printouts, everything after the @ symbol is not being printed. Have I done something wrong with my PrintString command or is there special programming I need to put in place to make this work?

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Printout problem Reply #1 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 2:55pm	Print Post
	You have to use @Replace() to replace a single @ with @@. -Ray

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #2 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 3:04pm	Print Post
	OK, thanks. Where should this be done, when the string is first generated or just before it is printed? If the former, I can easily do it in my programming when the different elements are put together to form the string (though I'd rather not have "@@" appear on the display, because I'm sure my users will be confused by it). If the latter I'm afraid I'll need some further advice and hand-holding as it will be a wholesale overhaul of my print routine. Which I don't mind, but I will need help.

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Printout problem Reply #3 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 3:18pm	Print Post
	You could do either of those but I would recommend the later, and don't worry I'm here if you need a hand. -Ray

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Hammer YaBB Administrator Lanticans Offline Fire bad. Tree pretty. Posts: 3436 Location: Ohio Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: Printout problem Reply #4 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 3:25pm	Print Post
	Another recommendation: Write a function for this. That way, if you need to add or adjust what special characters need attention, you can do so in one place and all your PrintString code will fall into line automatically. Code FUNCTION CleanPrintData(vIn as String) as String var vRet as String vRet = vIn vRet = @Replace(vRet, "@", "@@") // Do any other stuff you need to do Return vRet END FUNCTION PrintString(CleanPrintData(PriceRate1), 100, 200, 0, "BArial", 33, 0) PrintString(CleanPrintData(PriceRate2), 100, 250, 0, "BArial", 33, 0) PrintString(CleanPrintData(PriceRate3), 100, 300, 0, "BArial", 33, 0)

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #5 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 3:41pm	Print Post
	Are there any other characters I'll need to replace?

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Printout problem Reply #6 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 4:25pm	Print Post
	Not that I know of. -Ray

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #7 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 7:09pm	Print Post
	Can @Replace be used within the Printstring command, to alter the value of the element being printed? That is, can Code Printstring(Laborer_1, 335, vPosY + 375, 0, vFont, vSize, 0) become Code Printstring(@Replace(Laborer_1, "@", "@@), 335, vPosY + 375, 0, vFont, vSize, 0) ?

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Hammer YaBB Administrator Lanticans Offline Fire bad. Tree pretty. Posts: 3436 Location: Ohio Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: Printout problem Reply #8 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 7:46pm	Print Post
	Infinity wrote on Nov 1^st, 2007 at 7:09pm: Can @Replace be used within the Printstring command, to alter the value of the element being printed? Yes, but the way I showed you will make your life much easier in the long run than embedding this in each of your PrintString calls. Up to you though.

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #9 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 7:54pm	Print Post
	Sorry Erika, I didn't see your earlier reply. Thanks, I'll give it a try.

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #10 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 8:34pm	Print Post
	I'm having partial success, and am very confused by what I am seeing. Here is one of my current print routines: Code Var vWillItFit as Int Var vTextToPrint as String Var vMaxWidth as Int Var vLen as Int Var vWidth as Int // Prints the Pickup Company name vWillItFit = 0 vTextToPrint = CleanPrintData(Pickup_Company) vLen = @Len(vTextToPrint) vMaxWidth = 300 //This is the Max printed width While((vWillItFit = 0) And (vLen > 0)) { Printstring(vTextToPrint, 0, 0, 0, vFont, vSize, 1) If @PageExtentX() <= vMaxWidth Then { vWillItFit = 1 } Else { vLen = vLen - 1 vTextToPrint = @Left(vTextToPrint, vLen) } } Printstring(vTextToPrint, 160, vPosY + 255, 0, vFont, vSize, 0) When the value stored in Pickup_Company is "Company @ Name", the printout is "Company". When the value stored in Pickup_Company is "@ Name", the printout is "@ Name". ???

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Printout problem Reply #11 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 9:30pm	Print Post
	Hello Scott, I see what you are seeing here. I think it has to do with a problem in an underlying library and the @ symbol. I'll pass it on to development. In the meantime what you can do is change that function Erika gave you to Code FUNCTION CleanPrintData(vIn as String) as String var vRet as String vRet = vIn vRet = @Replace(vRet, " @ ", " at ") // Do any other stuff you need to do Return vRet END FUNCTION -Ray

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #12 - Nov 1^st, 2007 at 10:19pm	Print Post
	Thanks Ray. Whew, am I relieved! I hate to hear that there's a bug in the program but I gotta tellya, this was driving me absolutely nuts this afternoon.

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Hammer YaBB Administrator Lanticans Offline Fire bad. Tree pretty. Posts: 3436 Location: Ohio Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: Printout problem Reply #13 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 1:06am	Print Post
	Infinity wrote on Nov 1^st, 2007 at 10:19pm: Thanks Ray. Whew, am I relieved! I hate to hear that there's a bug in the program but I gotta tellya, this was driving me absolutely nuts this afternoon. This one isn't even our program. It's one of the base libraries. Makes it extra fun to find.

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #14 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 10:27am	Print Post
	Quote: This one isn't even our program. It's one of the base libraries. Makes it extra fun to find. I don't envy you that. Make it fun; make it a contest. While you're digging in there, is it possible to redesign PrintString() so that it can handle @ symbols without jumping through hoops (to coin a phrase)? Seems like just about everybody will need to print the symbol at some point, what with email addresses being so ubiquitous.

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Hammer YaBB Administrator Lanticans Offline Fire bad. Tree pretty. Posts: 3436 Location: Ohio Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: Printout problem Reply #15 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 11:20am	Print Post
	Infinity wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 10:27am: While you're digging in there, is it possible to redesign PrintString() so that it can handle @ symbols without jumping through hoops (to coin a phrase)? Seems like just about everybody will need to print the symbol at some point, what with email addresses being so ubiquitous. I'm not sure, but that's actually why I suggested you make the cleaner a function. So that, if we do manage that, you can comment out the one @Replace rather than having to chase it through all your PrintString statements.

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #16 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 11:34am	Print Post
	Thanks. I am using the Function and it is working well, replacing "@" with "at". Which is fine for my Invoice printouts where they break out rates ("1 hour at $57.00", for example), but will not work for email addresses (which I'm not currently having to print, but I'm sure I will someday).

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #17 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 11:59am	Print Post
	Quote: Hello Scott, I see what you are seeing here. I think it has to do with a problem in an underlying library and the @ symbol. I'll pass it on to development. It's funny, but before I started using the function, I was hard coding @replace() statements into my Invoice printout, using a variable. I.E.: Code Var vNewString as String // Prints the job description vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_1, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 15), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_2, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 35), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_3, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 55), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_4, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 75), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_5, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 95), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_6, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 115), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_7, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 135), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_8, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 155), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_9, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 175), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) And this was working (and is still working) for every line on my Invoice except the top portion, where I print the Company Name, Address, Contact, P.O. Number, etc. When I tried it in in my Workorders, it worked for all the details of the Delivery customer, but none of the Pickup customer, which is strange because it's exactly the same data coming from different but identical elements. The problem seems to be randomly, eccentrically selective. As it stands now, I'm using the function to replace "@" with "at" everywhere on my Workorder, and on the top section of my Invoice. The bottom section of my Invoice has the hard coding you see above (replacing "@" with "@@") and is happily printing the @ symbol on every line that shows a "description @ rate" string. It's perverse, but it's working. Let me know if you'd like to see the code, maybe it will help with your investigation.

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Hammer YaBB Administrator Lanticans Offline Fire bad. Tree pretty. Posts: 3436 Location: Ohio Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: Printout problem Reply #18 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 12:06pm	Print Post
	Scott, Whether the problem manifests seems to be related to the width of the value against the width of the "box" it prints inside. Some values with @ will print fine just by doubling the @. Others will not. We have not yet tracked down the exact circumstances that cause failure. This can be seen in other places than PrintString. For example, a static text element containing @@ will show this behavior if resized just so.

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #19 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 12:12pm	Print Post
	Ah, I see, that makes sense. In general, it's working for every string I do not limit width, and failing for the ones I do. Good to know, thanks.

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #20 - Nov 2^nd, 2007 at 12:34pm	Print Post
	A related question.... I just tried an experiment with a record that has a long value on a line whose width I do not regulate (80 characters) to see if its length would cause an embedded "@" symbol to make it truncate. The whole thing printed but, curiously, the line wrapped at just shy of 7 inches from the left margin, and I can't figure out why. Visually, I have another inch or more for the line to print on before wrapping. The code for the printstring is: Code vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_1, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 15), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString is a String variable. The other variables are: vPosY1 = 330 (330 from the top of the form) vFont = "Sans Serif" vSize = 16 and my page is set up as Code NewPage(850,1100) PrintPageMargin(0, 0, 18, 0) What am I overlooking?

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Printout problem Reply #21 - Nov 6^th, 2007 at 6:20pm	Print Post
	Scott, You're not overlooking anything. It's related to the the same problem as the text not appearing if it has a @ in it. -Ray

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #22 - Sep 7^th, 2011 at 1:50pm	Print Post
	I apologize for resurrecting such an old topic, but this issue popped up for me again, when one of my dispatchers placed an @ symbol in a line of text that usually would not contain such a symbol. �My current programming for printing this section is: Code // Prints the job description vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_1, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 15), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_2, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 35), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) vNewString = @Replace(Desc_line_3, "@", "@@") PrintString(vNewString, 20, (vPosY1 + 55), 0, vFont, vSize, 0) .... This has been working well so far because most of the lines in the "Description" section are short, and generally everything fits. �But one line of her's was long, and the @ symbol made it wrap the last inch and a half onto the next line (even though there's space available on the line it's supposed to be on) which overwrote text on that next line. Anyway, long story, but my question is, has Development been able to tackle this issue in the latest releases? �I'm using Sesame Version 2.0.6 right now.

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Printout problem Reply #23 - Sep 7^th, 2011 at 5:58pm	Print Post
	Hello Scott, Looking in the change log I see an entry for 2.5.2 that says Quote: Fix to allow @@ to be printed using PrintString without affecting wrapping. So I believe this one should be fixed. -Ray

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Printout problem Reply #24 - Sep 10^th, 2011 at 11:27am	Print Post
	Thanks Ray!!

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