At 05:30 PM 16-04-01 +1200, you wrote:

>hi,
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>I AM USING D2 so alot of the sample files are of no use.
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>any help for a beginner would be great.
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>Want to do a VERY simple thing and that is to change the apperance of text for a column.
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>I'm using a TIB_Query, database, transactions, datasorce components in a datamodule.
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>On a form i've got a grid (TIB_GRID) component.
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>All field names in upper case and i'd like ta change this.
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>Tried using the property FieldsGridLabel the TIB_Query and typed in the following
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>LASTNAME = Lastname - and ran the program with no change.
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>the SQL statement used is Select * from customers.
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>all i want is to display all entries.
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>have had a look at the online help with no idea as to what to do (was rushed also).

This might help more: double-click on the TIB_Query component on your form or datamodule to reveal a kind of "mini-IDE" where you can set these stringlist properties individually. Here you can set all of the Fields... properties as well as the ColumnAttributes properties individually, column by column.

As a rule for these stringlist properties, when setting them directly (i.e. not through the "mini-IDE") use the format FIELDNAME=Value, with no spaces around the '=' sign. For attributes that need two, e.g. the BOOLEAN columnattribute, the string takes the form FIELDNAME=BOOLEAN='T','F

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Cheers,
Helen



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