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Resolved ampersand in dw-columns

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  1. André Monz
    André Monz
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. Wednesday, 1 November 2023 13:13 PM UTC

Hi all,

in our app we display the name of a customer in the title of the customer-window.
The code ist simple:

string ls_name1, ls_name2

ls_name1=dw_detail.getitemstring(dw_detail.GetRow(),"vname")
if isnull(ls_name1) then ls_name1=""
ls_name2=dw_detail.getitemstring(dw_detail.GetRow(),"name")
// ls_name2=dw_detail.object.name[1]  // does not make a difference
if isnull(ls_name2) then ls_name2=""
parent.title="Kunde "+ls_name1+" "+ls_name2

This works fine with PB up to 2021.
Today with 2022R2 we encounter a problem with the ampersand character.
If the string in the DW-columns contains a ampsand, it will converted to something like a shortcut.


Can someone confirm this behavior?

 

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  1. Friday, 3 November 2023 08:44 AM UTC
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Hi André; I did some more testing and I can recreate your issue when a *Theme* is active! So this is a definite bug! Seems like the problem is not Ribbon Bar related. Please open a support ticket for this issue. Thanks! Regards ... Chris
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André Monz
  1. André Monz
  2. Friday, 3 November 2023 08:45 AM UTC
Thank you Chris,

i have opened a Ticket (https://www.appeon.com/standardsupport/search/view?id=11123)

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
  1. Chris Pollach @Appeon
  2. Friday, 3 November 2023 14:26 PM UTC
Thanks André .. I saw the ticket this AM & sent it over to Engineering. ;-)
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André Monz
  1. André Monz
  2. Friday, 3 November 2023 15:30 PM UTC
That's great. Thank you again to you and the other helpers.



Regards, André

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John Fauss
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  1. Thursday, 2 November 2023 14:18 PM UTC
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Ever since Windows 95 (and maybe before that), the ampersand (&) has been used to identify the "hot" key whereby an action (button click, for example) , selection, or change in user input focus can occur. The standard work-around when you want an ampersand character to appear as text and NOT be used to identify the hot key is to use two consecutive ampersand (&&) characters.

I don't use themes or the ribbonbar, so I cannot speak to how the ampersand is used with those features or if this behavior has changed in a recent release.

Best regards, John

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  1. Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:39 PM UTC
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Hi André ;

  FWIW: I could not replicate this issue in PB 2022 R2's latest MR build # 2828.

Regards ... Chris

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Roland Smith
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  1. Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:51 PM UTC
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Check to see if this Windows setting is turned on:

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André Monz
  1. André Monz
  2. Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:03 PM UTC
Ty, but the the setting is off.
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André Monz
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  1. Thursday, 2 November 2023 07:09 AM UTC
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Upgrading to 2828 does not help.
It seems imported to say, we using themes and a ribbonmenu.
Two points i detectet:
 - Changing window.title="Kunde John&Doe" in The Powerbuilder SDI-Sample-App (file->new->template application) works as expected.
 - Changing window.title="Kunde John&Doe" in the ribbonsample app on github https://github.com/Appeon/PowerBuilder-RibbonBar-Example  does not work
  and show a shortcut-like windowtitle.




Is there a Themes/Ribbon behvior that i'm missing?

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