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Purpose

 

 

Pad string fields with spaces when reading/writing

 

 

 

Prototype

 

 

FUNCTION Bt_PadStrings ( lSet )  AS LOGIC

 

 

 

Description

 

 

This setting allows you to influence the way VO2Btrieve handles fields of type string. By default VO2Btrieve will pad fields to the length defined in the field structure. You can switch this behaviour off if you want to by calling this function with an argumnt of FALSE

 

 

 

Example(s)

 

 

// In this example fields of type string will not be padded.

// We are using a Server with a Lastname field of length 30

// And we are writing 10 characters

// Whatever was in the server in positions 11 to 30 of the field

// will not be overwritten

Bt_PadStrings(TRUE)

? oServer:Fieldget(#LastName)                // Returns "van der Hulst                 "

Bt_PadStrings(FALSE)

? oServer:Fieldget(#LastName)                // Returns "van der Hulst"

oServer:FieldPut(#LastName,"X")

? oServer:Fieldget(#LastName)                // Returns "Xan der Hulst"