Uniface 9.7.05.058 Gold Keys for B, I and U are not working

We recently noticed that our RAW DATA field that used to support bold, italics and underlining in Uniface 9.7.04 does not work in Uniface 9.7.05. I know this version is no longer supported, but I was wondering if anyone else has seen this.

I made a simple test:
$keyboard = "MSWINX"
edit

Then I put two fields on the form: The first one is Raw Data, SR* (like we had in our application) and the second one is just a sc*.
If I type a field, and then select it and tryin Gold^B, Gold^I or Gold^U, nothing happens in either field.

I don't have a problem going forward with Uniface Rich Text Field. My concern is what to do with the data my customers already have in the old format.

Thanks for any input.

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Deturk Joanne
Software Manager
Mirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.
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you can change that kind of fields into a richtextbox, than a) you can use the html code anywhere. b) save's you translating.

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Dino Seelig
Tcco
Drunen NL
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Dino,

Yes, I am aware of that. My problem is retaining the "old" data before I move my customers to the "newer" rich text edit box. We have been using Uniface since 1992, so I need to be able to do something with that data that existed before the HTML support.

Thanks,
Joanne

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Deturk Joanne
Software Manager
Mirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.
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We recently noticed that our RAW DATA field that used to support bold, italics and underlining in Uniface 9.7.04 does not work in Uniface 9.7.05. I know this version is no longer supported, but I was wondering if anyone else has seen this.

I made a simple test:
$keyboard = "MSWINX"
edit

Then I put two fields on the form: The first one is Raw Data, SR* (like we had in our application) and the second one is just a sc*.
If I type a field, and then select it and tryin Gold^B, Gold^I or Gold^U, nothing happens in either field.

I don't have a problem going forward with Uniface Rich Text Field. My concern is what to do with the data my customers already have in the old format.

Thanks for any input.

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Deturk Joanne
Software Manager
Mirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.
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I tested here using 9.7.05-058: Underline , bold , italic in Unifield work only when using data type string.

Peter Beugel
Principal Technical Support Engineer

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Peter Beugel
Rocket Internal - All Brands
Amsterdam NL
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Dino,

Yes, I am aware of that. My problem is retaining the "old" data before I move my customers to the "newer" rich text edit box. We have been using Uniface since 1992, so I need to be able to do something with that data that existed before the HTML support.

Thanks,
Joanne

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Deturk Joanne
Software Manager
Mirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.
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in case you use unifields, is it then not supported? (bold|italic)

secondly, in the format/de-format trigger you can convert the uniface
bold/italic into HTML strong and emphasize. That part is not easy, but
in case you need to convert an option

I tested here using 9.7.05-058: Underline , bold , italic in Unifield work only when using data type string.

Peter Beugel
Principal Technical Support Engineer

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Peter Beugel
Rocket Internal - All Brands
Amsterdam NL
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This isn't a Unifield - it is an editbox

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Deturk Joanne
Software Manager
Mirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.
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The attributes information will stay in the data (create xml export with data there still is things like &uB &uU &uI)
With an editbox you'll never see it and just 1 update in the field will lose the attributes information.
Documentation in the Uniface library
Uniface Reference > ProcScript Reference > Proc: Functions > $underline
Uniface Reference > ProcScript Reference > Proc: Functions > $italic
Uniface Reference > ProcScript Reference > Proc: Functions > $underline
Uniface Reference > Configuration Reference > Configuration Settings: Initialization > Underline
Uniface Reference > Configuration Reference > Configuration Settings: Initialization > Italic
Uniface Reference > Configuration Reference > Configuration Settings: Initialization > Bold
Uniface Reference > Development Object Properties Reference > Field Definitions > Field Layout Definitions

all document that attributes are only applicable to unifields

Peter Beugel
Principal Technical Support Engineer

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Peter Beugel
Rocket Internal - All Brands
Amsterdam NL
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Ahhhhhhhhhhh. We did a blanket change on all Unifields to EditBoxes at some point and that must be what broke it! I tried my test with a Unifield and it works.

So now we'll just look at the best way to convert the old data to new (and or add a new field for the new richtextbox).

Thanks!

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Deturk Joanne
Software Manager
Mirion Technologies (Canberra), Inc.
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