Strange behavior when using variables in text

FinalBuilder Bugs
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Hi,

I have noticed that if I have a variable called MyVariable and use that in a textbox or other field it behaves strange when there is text behind it.

Maybe it is me using it wrong, but if I in a textfield writes %My   i get up the "autocomplete" list og available variables and press enter when MyVariable is selected. - This works fine.

If i however hava a text: Text1Text2 and I want to insert MyVariable in between it results in this:

Text1%MyVariable%myvText2 (where myv was the text i entered before I found my variable in the AutoComplete window and pressed enter), so now I need to delete the 3 letters i wrote.

Again it might be that i use it a different way that it is meant to, but it is sometimes easy to forget to delete those 3 letters..

 

Regards

Magne

 

 

 

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Yes, this is a bug I have noticed. In FB’s defence, getting the user interface stuff right on all those special cases is hard!

A work around: type a space before you start typing the variable name, then press left. So in your case:
1. Put the cursor between Text1 and Text2
2. Type a space
3. Press left (so the text reads Text1| Text2 (the | is the cursor))
4. Type %Myv. The text now reads: Text1%Myvariable% Text2
5. Delete the space.

Steve