.TEXT UPPER TO LOWER

This subroutine converts upper case to lower case in a text/alpha field.

Usage:

      PASS         <converted_text>           FIELD            SHARE? Y
      PASS         <original_text>            FIELD            SHARE? N
      PASS         <convert_flag>             FIELD            SHARE? N
      GOSUB    --- .TEXT UPPER TO LOWER
      *        Check for errors
      IF       --- .TEXT UPPER TO LOWER       NE

Description:

This subroutine converts upper case to lower case in a text/alpha field. The first 2 parameters are required. If any required parameters are missing, the subroutine will CANCEL.

<converted_field> is the field to receive the converted <original_text> (Required). This must be PASSed with Share "Y" to return the value.

<original_text> is are the characters you want converted (Required).

<convert_flag> controls how the characters will be converted (Optional). If PASSed, it must be one of:

• All - convert every character to lower case.
• Firstword - leave the first character of the first word upper case, convert the rest.
• Allwords - leave the first character of the every word upper case, convert the rest.

If you don't care about conserving the original data, you can pass the same field for both <converted_field> and <original_text>.

Also see .TEXT LOWER TO UPPER.

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-- JeanNeron - 2012-02-09