infomaker help please

Dale,

The only thing I can think of is that you need to specify a data format as the second parameter of the string() function.  Reading through the help docs it makes it sound like numeric values being converted to string shouldn't need a format to be specified, but InfoMaker has misled me before.

That said, I don't have any experience with this to draw on and tell you for sure.

The only thing I can think of is replacing the mapped drive with the full path. FWIW I have computed fields in IM and they're formatted essentially like the latter of your two. bitmap("\\folder\otherfolder\"+customer_no+".bmp") so I don't think the string function should be necessary.

Thanks Levi and Amanda for your replies.  It was actually something much simpler.  I had a strange character but didn't notice.

I had “ instead of "

Don't  know where I got that from but it was freakin the thing out.

Dale

The only thing I can think of is replacing the mapped drive with the full path. FWIW I have computed fields in IM and they're formatted essentially like the latter of your two. bitmap("\\folder\otherfolder\"+customer_no+".bmp") so I don't think the string function should be necessary.

I am attempting to add a computed field in Infomaker with the following expression:

bitmap(“K:\dev_photos\"+string(customer_no)+".bmp")

however I keep getting an error message saying "expecting STRING expression"

I also tried: bitmap(“K:\dev_photos\"+customer_no+".BMP")

what am I missing?

Dale

The only thing I can think of is replacing the mapped drive with the full path. FWIW I have computed fields in IM and they're formatted essentially like the latter of your two. bitmap("\\folder\otherfolder\"+customer_no+".bmp") so I don't think the string function should be necessary.

I am attempting to add a computed field in Infomaker with the following expression:

bitmap(“K:\dev_photos\"+string(customer_no)+".bmp")

however I keep getting an error message saying "expecting STRING expression"

I also tried: bitmap(“K:\dev_photos\"+customer_no+".BMP")

what am I missing?

Dale

The worst kind of problem!  Glad you found it without too much delay.  Hate those nonsensical glitches.  I have been caught by the difference between ` and ' on many occasions.  You'd think I would learn eventually.