Show and graphic characters

[Richard Kreiss]

Thanks, - 129 worked just fine.

Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:30 PM
> To: Richard Kreiss
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Show and graphic characters
> 
> On 7/26/2010 11:01 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> > I have the following in an output processing table:
> >
> > Windows,  5.6.10
> [...]
> >         Then: SHOWCTR("1") "\g7"{repeat("\g0","125"){"\g9"
> [...]
> >         Then: SHOWCTR("3") "\g1"{repeat("\g0","125"){"\g3"
> >
> > My problem is that the upper right \g9 and lower right \g3 display as ?g9 and ?g3.
> Everything else displays properly
> >
> >                   ┌──────────────────────────?g9
> >                   │ Checking For members Missing Transactions │
> >                   └──────────────────────────?g3
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> 125 is not a multiple of 3.  Therefore, the repeat() ends in "\g0\g", which
> means your strings end in "\g0\g\g9" and "\g0\g\g3".  The "?" comes from the
> invalid "\g\" sequence, and the "g9" and "g3" are left over, to be displayed
> as-is.
> 
> --
> Kenneth Brody