Newline character in LotusScript? 1

[fishkake]

I'm using the fieldAppendText method to build up a list of empty fields, for a rather complex input validation script, but I can't find a way to add a newline character. I can use Evaluate and @NewLine (or whatever the exact words are), but surely there is a more efficient way of doing this?!

Before you suggest it, I don't want to use Rich Text, I want it in a regular text field.

 

[LNotesGuy]

Concatenate your text string elements with @Char(13

 

[fishkake]

Wrong!

I'm working in LotusScript, not Formula... And I was looking for a way to do it without using the "Evaluate" statement, which I would have to do, yes?

 

[pmonett]

Why don't you try using the NotesItem method AppendToTextList ?
Sure, you'll have to declare a multi-value field, but all "values" will be displayed and you can set them to display with NewLine in the field parameters.

Otherwise, you need the chr($) function, with which you can add chr$(13) to your text line.

Pascal.

 

[fishkake]

And Pascal gets it! ;-)

Thanks mate, that was exactly what I was looking for. In the help, why isn't this in the "See Also" section of the @Char help? It seems silly, they normally cover language crossovers in the help files...

Thanks again!

 

[pmonett]

Ahh, it must be said that Notes Designer Help is helpful - as long as you don't need anything more complicated than the very basic issues.

I have the same kind of gripe with Help database examples. Sure, they show you an example of the simplest case you can encounter with a given function, but if the function or formula has several possible variants, you'll only find the example pertaining to the simplest form.

It is nice to have a challenge now and then, but it can be frustrating to be challenged by the very tool that is supposed to help.

Pascal.

 

[fishkake]

This is very true. Under the LotusScript entry for "IF" the "Example" is as follows:

Dim x As Integer
If x% > 0 Then Print FALSE Else Print TRUE

I wanted two conditions, and was trying to join them together with &, +, &&, || etc etc without success, before finally discovering the "And" operator!!