>I have a custom method of my business object "oBenGenBiz.cGetOhter" that is behaving in a manner I cannot explain. Maybe someone can enlighten me.
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>The anomaly is this: I have a statement as follows:
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>lcRetVal=SUBSTR(lcHoldContent,lnStartPos,oBenGenBiz.nPadding).

Try this:

local lnSubstrLen
lcHoldContent=alltrim(lcHoldContent)
lnSubstrLen=oBenGenBiz.nPadding
lnSubstrLen=min(len(lcHoldContent)-lnStartPos, lnSubstrLen)
lcRetVal=substr(lcHoldContent, lnStartPos, lnSubstrLen)

Just to check each value in debugger...

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>The values of the variables as determined programmatically ans aldo by the debugger, set the values as follows:
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>lcRetVal was initialized as '' (empty string) at the too of the method and gets a new value here. (or should!)
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>lcHoldContent is a character string: "[/D/customer ]"
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>oBenGenBiz.nPadding is a business object that is fixed at 42 (numeric)
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>Here's the puzzling part: lcRetVal show as '' after the code is run. I cannot understand why it is not instead a substring pf the lcHoldContent. I have changed the name of the variable, tried "STORE TO...", but nothing I do makes lcRetVal becme anythig except an emoty string. The same code in the Command window gives me the string as it should be.
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>Anyone know what's going on?
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>Thanks in advane,
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>Jim