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I.P.
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I need to display a report title that is passed a parameter (&desc) that may contain a <

Example problem
-SET &DESC = 'Hardware < $10,000';
-SET &HDROBJTITLE='2255' ||(' ' | &DESC);
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT MODEL
HEADING
"Object Account: &HDROBJTITLE "
END

I tried it with | as an escape character
-SET &STR_LEN_AFTER= &DESC.LENGTH+4;
-SET &HDROBJTITLE=STRREP(&DESC.LENGTH,&DESC, 1,'<', 2,'<|',&STR_LEN_AFTER,'A&STR_LEN_AFTER.EVAL');

But that made the < disappear. Any ideas? I saw a previous solution but that used a define. http://forums.informationbuild...337031106#5337031106

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Posts: 5 | Registered: October 20, 2011Report This Post
njsden
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quote:
I saw a previous solution but that used a define.

That's usually the way to go.

If your report runs exclusively in HTML, you may try using STRREP to convert "<" to its equivalent HTML attribute: "&|lt;" -- note the "pipe" character escaping the ampersand which is needed to avoid Dialogue Manager trying to parse the value later on.

I'd go with DEFINE instead. Less manipulation and will work in other formats such as PDF without further changes.


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Waz
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I agree, DEFINE is the way to go.


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Thanks guys, good to know not to bother bashing my head against it. Need it only for excel output but who knows in the future.

Ended up with the following as the solution.
-SET &DESC = 'Hardware < $10,000';
DEFINE FILE CAR
HDROBJTITLE /A46 = '2255' || (' ' | &DESC.QUOTEDSTRING);
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT MODEL
HEADING
"Object Account: "
" END


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njsden
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Glad to hear that works for you.

Would you please edit your post and prefix it with [CLOSED]? Thanks.


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