I did and it does.  Thanks for the quick response!!

> ----------
> From:         David Brooks-askSam Tech Support[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     For users of askSam: A Free-form Information Manager
> Sent:         Friday, January 07, 2000 10:44 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Problem with "Limit Field Length" Feature
>
> ListServe Subcribers,
>
> It turned out that the fixed versions were up at that site the whole time
> we just didn't change the text on our update to say that the current
> version is 3.0 L..  That change has been made.  Go ahead and download that
> version and see if it works. I apologize for the confusion. If you have
> any
> other questions please email me back.
>
> David Brooks
> askSam Tech Support
>
> At 06:50 AM 1/6/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dave:
> >
> >The URL leads to a download for 3.0 K.
> >(at least at the time I tried 1/7/00, 6:50a)
> >
> >At 06:03 PM 01/06/2000 , you wrote:
> > >Dear AskSam ListServe Subscribers,
> > >
> > >We have posted a fix for this reporting problem om our update site. We
> had
> > >to do a whole new build of askSam,  which is askSam 3.0 L and askSam
> 3.0 L
> > >Professional. If you do not have that URL here it is:
> > >
> > >http://www.asksam.com/update
> > >
> > >Go ahead and download that release and if you are still having problems
> > >email us back.
> > >
> > >David Brooks
> > >askSam Tech Support
> > >
> > >At 08:27 PM 1/5/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> > >>I downloaded and installed askSam v. 3.0 K this evening, and
> discovered
> > >>an apparent bug in the new version. I've designed a number of reports
> > >>that make use of the "Limit field length" feature, in which the field
> > >>name is followed by a number of plus (+) signs to truncate the field
> > >>contents. Until I installed the new version, this feature worked just
> > >>fine, but now it either displays nothing, or only a portion of the
> field
> > >>contents.
> > >>
> > >>I even tested it using askSam's own sample database, Reports.ASK. If
> you
> > >>run the "Field Length" report, only those fields using the "X"
> character
> > >>to limit column width are displayed.
> > >>
> > >>If necessary, I'll change all of my pluses to "Xs" -- but I have about
> > >>30 different reports. Is there a fix available?
> > >>
> > >>On a better note -- the date comparison problem (transitioning from
> 1999
> > >>to 2000) seems to be working great. I needed to convert newly entered
> > >>dates from the MM/DD/00 format to MM/DD/2000, but once done, all date
> > >>comparisons are working fine.
> > >>
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