Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!iris.cis.ohio-state.edu!layne From: layne@iris.cis.ohio-state.edu (eric b layne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: 4th Dimension and Search by Layout Message-ID: <63343@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 17:56:48 GMT References: <12124@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <2187@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: eric b layneOrganization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 20 Search by layout is a great new feature in version 2 of 4th dimension However, you have to be carefull when using '#' sign in your fields. Eg. I was tring to do a search by layout for a department called #3 Zinc Grip. I typed #3 Zinc Grip into the department field, so it should give me all of the entries in that department Right?....WRONG! It gave me all of the entries. When I looked at the search by formula screen it said Department is not equal to 3 Zinc Grip Obviously it took the # to mean 'not equal to' and since I didn't have any departments call '3 Zinc Grip', It gave me all the records. There are two ways to get around this problem. Either use No. for the # sign, or don't use search by layout, (make your own search dialog using variables). --Eric Layne