Microsoft KB Archive/100571

PRB: dBASE III+ Memo Fields Display Box Characters in Report ID: Q100571 The information in this article applies to: Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6 Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6 SYMPTOMS The FoxPro for Windows Report Writer displays box characters where word wraps occur in dBASE III PLUS or FoxBASE+ memo fields. These characters do not appear in FoxPro for MS-DOS. CAUSE The box character is ASCII code 141. The character appears as a thick vertical line when you are editing the memo field. RESOLUTION To remove these characters, issue the following commands: USE <database name> REPLACE ALL <memofld> WITH STRTRAN(<memofld>,chr(141),' ') Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 KBCategory: kbprg kbprb KBSubcategory: FxinteropDbase

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