the caption of a table column in a search help output list, displayed as ..

[Former Member]

this site seems not supporting image upload.

my problem is:

When the output list of a search help displays, some columns of the output table may present abnormal. The caption of the column, will not display fully the description of the data element, but as ... .

Why was that?

Edited by: kkktank on Dec 2, 2010 10:18 AM

[jayanthi_jayaraman · Accepted solution]

HI,

It is because of the field length. If the field length is 4, then the title will be compressed accordingly. But if you right click and display more field help for the particular column, then you can see the full name.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I just did a test.

for a simple table:

field t_key, length 1, name "key",

field t_txt, length 10, name "text".

the field label "key" displays normally.

but when I change the field name "key" to "key123", the field label displayed as "key...".

So it seems we can't predict when the caption would be compressed?

[jayanthi_jayaraman]

Hi,

Dictionary Search Help as Input Help mode and Dictionary search help in the attribute of the context node.

It will take the caption as described in search help.

[Former Member]

thanks Jayanthi.

yes it is. And I also know it is the medium description of the data element the caption displayed.

but in the caption of the output table in the search help, the caption displayed abnormal.

for example, the description of the data element is 'ABCD", the caption displayed "AB..." or just "..."，not the full descrption.