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TedB
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We have several focexecs that have the Define
"SP/A1 = HEXBYT(160, 'A1');"
which is used to display a space on reports. After going to R7.7.02 it now displays as a lowercase "a" with a tic mark above it (á). Hopefully this is just a setting that needs to be changed.

Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks,
Ted

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Dev Studio 8.0.09
App Studio 8.2.01
DB2, FOCUS
PDF, HTML, Excel, CSV
In Focus since 1983
 
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Prarie
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you are correct...7.7.02 is doing this. Now how do we fix it? Have you opened a case with IBI?
 
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ABT
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Per this site: http://www.asciitable.com/ I think that is (should be) correct behavior, Ted.

It looks like 32 is actually the space code. Does this fix it?

- ABT


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Server/Client, ReportCaster, Dev Studio: 7.6.11
Resource Analyzer, Resource Governor, Library, Maintain, InfoAssist
OS: Windows Server 2003
Application/Web Server: Tomcat 5.5.25
Java: JDK 1.6.0_03
Authentication: LDAP, MRREALM Driver
Output: PDF, EXL2K, HTM

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Databases:
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Oracle 10g
DB2 (AS/400)
MSSQL Server 2005
Access/FoxPro
 
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ABT
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Furthermore, in 7.6.11 I get the following results:

DEFINE FILE CAR
	SP/A1 = HEXBYT(160, 'A1');
	SP1/A1 = HEXBYT(32, 'A1');
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT 
SP
SP1
*
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 10;
END


Output:
<TD>
 </TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;</TD>


- ABT


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WF Environment:
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Server/Client, ReportCaster, Dev Studio: 7.6.11
Resource Analyzer, Resource Governor, Library, Maintain, InfoAssist
OS: Windows Server 2003
Application/Web Server: Tomcat 5.5.25
Java: JDK 1.6.0_03
Authentication: LDAP, MRREALM Driver
Output: PDF, EXL2K, HTM

------------------------------------
Databases:
------------------------------------
Oracle 10g
DB2 (AS/400)
MSSQL Server 2005
Access/FoxPro
 
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Prarie
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In 7.6.1 both of those 160 AND 32 Result in a space. In 7.7.02 only 32 gives a space.

Is this one of those Code Tightning things? Frowner
 
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Waz
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Could this be a font or codebase issue ?


Waz...

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GamP
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Or is it that pre 77 HEXBYT only took ascii values lower than 128 and 77 and higher also takes values from 128 to 256? It looks that way ...


GamP
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ABT
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I was thinking codepage (or unicode or similar) might be the culpret. That is, relying on an unprintable character to display a space.

@Prarie - a subtle difference is that 160 prints a physical space character whereas 32 prints the html space entity ( &nbsp; ).

- ABT


------------------------------------
WF Environment:
------------------------------------
Server/Client, ReportCaster, Dev Studio: 7.6.11
Resource Analyzer, Resource Governor, Library, Maintain, InfoAssist
OS: Windows Server 2003
Application/Web Server: Tomcat 5.5.25
Java: JDK 1.6.0_03
Authentication: LDAP, MRREALM Driver
Output: PDF, EXL2K, HTM

------------------------------------
Databases:
------------------------------------
Oracle 10g
DB2 (AS/400)
MSSQL Server 2005
Access/FoxPro
 
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Pam Kratt
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what was the fix to this? I'm having this problem as we go to Linux from Windows. Funky characters are appearing on webfocus reports instead of a space and looking at the data #160 is at the end of the field ... This issue is showing as closed, but not sure what the fix is that closed the issue.

Thanks.


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Wep5622
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quote:
Originally posted by ABT:
@Prarie - a subtle difference is that 160 prints a physical space character whereas 32 prints the html space entity ( &nbsp; ).


It is the other way around actually, 32 is a physical space and 160 is a non-breakable space. HTML folds multiple consecutive spaces into a single space, but doesn't do that with non-breakable spaces.

I notice that in the standard Windows encoding (CP 1252 or something) ALT-160 results in an á, which is what the OP is seeing.

If you're outputting HTML (where a non-breakable space makes sense), you can get the same result by using &nbsp; or &#160; instead of using HEXBYT().

Alternatively, figure out which encoding is being used in HEXBYT() (the encoding of your reporting server) and try to find the appropriate decimal code for the non-breakable space in that encoding.
Or change the encoding of your reporting server to match your desired output encoding, but that probably has interesting side-effects.


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