set Text to a variable

Comments

• OlegK

  January 2010 edited 3:38AM

  Hello,
  You can use following script:

  var
    QuotedText: string;                                                     
  begin
    QuotedText := '''Sally''s Hat''';                                      
    Set('Variable', 'QuotedText');         
  end.
  

  See a demo in attachment.
  
  
• Bridget

  January 2010 edited 3:38AM

  Hi OlegK,
  
  Thank you for you help. But going further, how would this be done if <qry."NAME"> sometimes contains a single quote. This is what I had and it doesn't work.
  
  Set('@Name', Copy(<qry."NAME">,1,50));
  
  I even tried this:
  
  tText := ''''+Copy(<qry."NAME">,1,50)+'''';
  Set('@Name', tText);
  
  
  If it isn't obvious, I'm new to Fast Reports programming and am unsure of the syntax sometimes. Thank you!
• Bridget

  January 2010 edited 3:38AM

  Hi OlegK,
  
  Thank you for you help. But going further, how would this be done if <qry."NAME"> sometimes contains a single quote. This is what I had and it doesn't work.
  
  Set('@Name', Copy(<qry."NAME">,1,50));
  
  I even tried this:
  
  tText := ''''+Copy(<qry."NAME">,1,50)+'''';
  Set('@Name', tText);
  
  
  If it isn't obvious, I'm new to Fast Reports programming and am unsure of the syntax sometimes. Thank you!
  
• OlegK

  January 2010 edited 3:38AM

  Hi, Bridget.
  Use following code:

  Set('@Name', '<qry."NAME">');
  
• Bridget

  May 2010 edited 3:38AM

  Going even further than that. I have an input variable (<VarIn>) that is sent in as 'Hat's'
  Now I want to set @Name to that input variable but this doesn't work:
  
  Set('@Name', '<VarIn>');
• Bridget

  May 2010 edited 3:38AM

  It's basically not letting me to do anything with a input variable who's value is this: 'Hat's'
• brettfavre

  November 2010 edited 3:38AM

  really a interesting discussion was held here......