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Guys:

I'm using xBrowse and it freezes up with the following statement: If I do not use the TRANSFORM function, xBrowse works with no problems. Any ideas ?

Thank you.

You shoud try it this way

COLUMNS {"Number", "Name", {TRANSFORM(Phone, "@R (999) 999-9999")} }

or a much better way

COLUMNS {"Number", "Name", "Phone"}

IF oBrw:oCol("phone") # nil // we refer to the header name not the column name, assuming the header name is phone also
oBrw:oCol( "phone" ):cEDITPicture := "@R (999) 999-9999")"
ENDIF

Hth

Richard

When we use COLUMNS clause, each expression in the list can be either a character value or a codeblock. If it is character value, it can be either a field name or a character expression that can be macro evaluated inside xbrowse.

So, the following two alternatives work:

COLUMNS {"Number", "Name", { || TRANSFORM(Phone, "@R (999) 999-9999")} }

or

COLUMNS {"Number", "Name", "TRANSFORM(Phone, '@R (999) 999-9999')" }

if Phone is a fieldname.

But the best way is :

COLUMNS "Number", "Name", "Phone" ;
PICTURES nil, nil, ""@R (999) 999-9999" ;
....

Richard, Rao:

Thank you very much.