copy of a variable's value

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• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  October 2004 edited 2:13PM

  Look at what you passed in in the ongetvalue event.
  you probably included a [ within the string.
  
• stephe91

  October 2004 edited 2:13PM

  No, the value that i obtain is ok.
  
  This is my code :
  

  procedure OnGetValue :
  begin
     if AnsiComparetext(VarName, 'var1') = 0 then
       Value := 'coucou';
  end;
  

  
  In my report, the variable's value is in a TFrxmemo.
  But when i want to do a copy(Memo3.text,1,6), it shows me "[var1]" instead of "coucou".
  
  I've tryed "copy([var1],1,6)" but an error message appears "Undeclared identifier <cell1>". I've also tested without [] but it's similar.
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  October 2004 edited 2:13PM

  ok what you are doing is trying to copy the memos.text property which is [var1], u
  you want the value of the variableand you must watch 2 things,
  since you are retrieving the value of the var in the ongetvalue event you can't process it until after it retrieves a value. so write your expression in the memo this way [Copy([var1],1,3)]
  
• stephe91

  October 2004 edited 2:13PM

  I already tested that but when my report appears, an error message appears too !!
  "Undeclared identifier var1".
  
  My variable is into a Memo in a MasterData and the other Memo where i want to do a copy of my variable is in a GroupFooter, is it important ?
  
  
  
  
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  October 2004 edited 2:13PM

  this assume you created var in report's datadictionary named var1 and did not set any expression value to it.
  your onget value code is bad
  
  should be
  if AnsiComparetext(parName, 'var1') = 0 then
  parValue := 'coucou';
  
• stephe91

  October 2004 edited 2:13PM

  not with the fastReport version 3.05 !
  
  I've tested on Windows NT4 and an error appears but with Windows XP, I've not got error. Why ?
  
  
• gordk St.Catherines On. Canada.

  October 2004 edited 2:13PM

  if you are using fr3 please post questions for fr3 in fr3 forum
  the answer i gave you was for fr2.53.
  in version 3
  you must use the get method with the variable
  [copy(get('var1'),1,3)]