AR.HFN@forsythe.stanford.edu (Hooshyar Naraghi) (04/04/91)
Dear Foxbase+/Mac users: I think I have got a problem with Foxbase+/Mac that I turn to you for explanation as why it behaves like this. Suppose you have a database TEST1 that contains a memo field called LONG among other numeric and/or character type fields. USE TEST1 BROWSE you can tab to the memo field, double click on the memo field LONG and view its content while you can modify it. Now, close the memo field then the browse window itself. This time issue the following commands: @ 02,05 get LONG size 10,10 scrol pict '@N' READ This will open a notebook area where the text of the LONG field is displayed. pict '@N' means do not allow the user to modify the memo field. So far so good. Now, get out of the notebook area and then issue the BROWSE command. This time when you double click on the memo field LONG, you CANNOT modify its content! It is as if the memo fields are all in no edit mode. While in browse, you cannot modify any memo field. To make the strange situation more fascinating, close database TEST1 and open another database that also contains a memo field as follows: USE TEST2 BROWSE You CANNOT modify the contents of the memo field in this newly opened database either. It seems Foxbase+/Mac has globally put all the memo fields in a noedit mode. It all started with pict '@N'. Anybody got any idea why this happens!? Thansk, Hooshyar F. Naraghi AR.HFN@forsythe.stanford.edu (415) 324-1055