Bug in Substitute Function >> Can any1 check it?

[neosoft]

The bug I found is about the Substitute Function

However everyone can check himself:

1) Create a new fmp7 file

2) Define 2 simple text field (text1 and text2).

3) Create 1 simple Script in which Set field text2 as Substitute(text1; "sometext"; "someothertext")

4) go in browse mode and fill text1 field with text to reach more than 4.000 chars

(obviously u must insert the word "sometext" of the Substitute function above.)

5) Run the Script and unfortunately you'll find in text2 field the

word "someothertext" doubled (practically "someothertextsomeothertext")

Please may anybody check it and give me a feedback?

Thanks guys

[neosoft]

just one more information. I found that the exact limit of chars over than the issue come out is 4096. That is if the text field contains 4096 chars all goes fine.

[Neverland]

Neosoft -

I ran into this too. Until FileMaker fixes this, I found that if you make the field active FIRST and then do the substitute that it works much better. It is only when I used the substitute function on a field I didn't make active first that the duplication occurred.

Hope this helps short term.

SR

[hayesk]

Has this been reported to FM?

[TerenceM]

I ran into this bug a few weeks ago and did report it, but I would encourage you to report it anyway. My solution was to add one occurrance of the search text to the beginning of the text block, which blocked the bug, for some reason. Then use a middle function to remove the substituted text from the beginning of the text field. e.g.

Middle ( Substitute ( "sometext" & "blah blah blah sometext blah blah" ; "sometext" ; "someothertext" ) ; 14 ; 999999999 )

I'll have to try the active field trick.

-Terence

[neosoft]

Has this been reported to FM?

Ya [color:"orange"] hayesk , I reported yesterday to FM support and I'm waiting for their reply.

Thanx [color:"orange"] Neverland and [color:"orange"] Murphy at Carnegie for your test.

Your solutions make the job.

If i'll receive some feedback from FM Team I'll surely post it in a new Thread.

Andrea

[cobra]

Hi Everyone,

I can confirm this bug exists as well. And, yep, I reported it to FileMaker when I first came across it a couple of weeks ago.

Thankfully, the work-around (using the middle function) seems to work without problems...even when the text to perform the substitute on is quite large.

Cobra