Sometimes, not infrequently, when I ‘Records>>Copy Record’ and subsequently ‘Records>>Paste Record’ in the pasted record fields are offset. I do not see a pattern but it is a common occurrence as I do this frequently to reuse a record. Does not seem to happen if I use ‘Records>>Duplicate Record’
I am using Records > Copy Record when I want to paste it to a second database (with the same structure).
When you want to use it in the same database, maybe Duplicate Record is the better choice.
except I want to add it at the end of a long list and, thereafter modify fields. Duplicate simply adds new record below. Okay I understand I could then change and resort…but the fundamental question is why to the fields get shifted?
Copy/Paste Record and Duplicate Record actually use the same code, so it is puzzling that this problem would occur. I cannot get this problem to occur, and there have been no other reports. If you can come up with anything that would help duplicate this problem please post it.
I can make something like this occur, if there is a tab within the text of a cell, but it happens then with both Paste Record and Duplicate Record.
That makes sense; I have been resetting tab functions…which would answer the apparent random occurrences. Yes, this is the answer. Thanks!
So are you saying that there is a tab in the Hoke Valve data cell? How did it get there – Panorama won’t let you type a tab into a cell.
In my test, I typed some text that included a tab in TextEdit, copied, and pasted it into the cell. A procedure could also assign some text that had a tab, and it’s probably possible to import it from a CSV file.
Yes, I knew that it was possible, I just wondered how it had happened in Lee’s case, where I presume he didn’t mean to do so intentionally.
Jim, in my case I set the Tab=4 (as shown) and got this result in any field where it was set
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You are correct; it was not intentional.
That’s interesting how that screen shot is truncated, I don’t know how to do that if I wanted to.
We’ve still got a mystery though, because the Tab=4 option still doesn’t let you enter a tab into the data – when that option is used pressing the tab key inserts 4 spaces into the text, not a tab.
Anyway, it doesn’t really matter at this point. I have entered this in the bug report system.
The screen shot was truncated by the forum. If you click on it, you will see the entire shot that Lee took.
Exactly. CMD-Shift-4, then select the screen area desired.
I think Jim was saying he didn’t know how to get the forum to truncate the shot he was posting. Jim has posted a lot of shots that didn’t cover the entire screen.
The forum will shrink a shot that is wider than the allotted area. It will crop one that is taller. Click on it to see the complete shot.
I did do that and see the entire shot. What I didn’t realize was that the forum would automatically crop if the shot was too tall or too wide. I guess it’s not an option, it just does the crop without asking. I haven’t noticed that in any of the shots I’ve posted, but I tend to use images with an aspect ratio that is not so extreme, I guess.