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VFP3, ComboBox and Ampersand
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10/07/1998 11:45:35
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Classes - VCX
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00116165
Message ID:
00116171
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18
>VFP3 had a problem with ampersands in comboboxes showing up in the display as an underline indicator rather than as an ampersand. In other words, if the value was A&A, it would be displayed in the text display as AA with an undercore under the 2nd A.
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>I have to do some work using 3.0b, and I can't find a workaround for this. I've checked Deja News, but while the question is asked a few times, it is never answered. On Microsoft's site, the problem is acknowledged as a bug in 2.5 and 2.6, but there is no mention of it in 3.0.
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>Has anybody every found a way to deal with this? Microsoft's 2.6 suggestion of typing a double ampersand into the data is unacceptable.
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>Suggestions?
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>Thanks
>
>Alan

.caption = "A" + chr(38) + "A" worked for me.
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA
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