>i have embedded an edit box in a grid. the edit box allows the user to change a memo field. however when the user enters something such as
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>"the quick
>brown fox
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>jumped over"
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>and then tabs out, the edit box displays "the quick0brown fox00jumped over". it is is actually not the '0' character but a square one. what gives?
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The problem is with the font used in the edit box; you character used is substituted when the character is unmapped, or in your case, the action intended by the character is not valid in the edit box as defined. I'm fairly certain that if you examine the string character by character, you'll find these are carriage return and newline charaters; since the box is limited to display in a single row, wrap and multi-line behaviors areprobably suppressed.