PRB: dBASE III+ Memo Fields Display Box Characters in Report

 Last reviewed: June 28, 1995
Article 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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Last reviewed: June 28, 1995
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