RE: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports

["Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>]

What "fix" would you like?  As you point out, the length is limited to 24
characters.

Also, I would not assume the internal error is non-fatal.  I don't know
whether that is the case or not.

Ken


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf
> Of Tari Runyan
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 6:14 PM
> To: Bugs
> Subject: Fw: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports
>
>
> from Craig in Fresno -  Can we come up with a better fix for him?
> in 1-17-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Madden, Craig <CMadden@fresno.ca.gov>
> To: 'Tari Runyan' <trglobal@earthlink.net>
> Date: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:05 PM
> Subject: RE: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports
>
>
> >I figured out a temporary way to do this. Select the specific race on the
> >left so the candidate names show up on the right. Hold the mouse button
> down
> >on the candidate's name a second and let up so it allows you to edit the
> >name. You can make the name longer and it will show up on both
> the SOVC and
> >the Summary. The only problem with this solution is that if you go to the
> >candidates tab in the race editor, while the candidates name is
> longer than
> >24 char., you get a non-fatal GEMS internal error. It's not the most
> >graceful solution but it solved my problem.
> >Thanks,
> >Craig
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Tari Runyan [SMTP:trglobal@earthlink.net]
> >> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:20 PM
> >> To: Madden, Craig
> >> Subject: Re: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports
> >>
> >> I believe we are limited to 24 characters - tell them to change their
> >> names -  I will double-check with Tab and let you know -  no I
> was not in
> >> Florida -- yeah!!!
> >> Tari
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Madden, Craig <CMadden@fresno.ca.gov>
> >> To: 'trglobal@earthlink.net' <trglobal@earthlink.net>
> >> Date: Monday, December 11, 2000 4:05 PM
> >> Subject: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports
> >>
> >>
> >> >Hey Tari,
> >> >Did you have a good election in November? Did you get to go
> to Florida?
> >> I've
> >> >got a question about long candidate names being truncated by GEMS. Is
> >> there
> >> >a way to bypass or modify the candidate label so that the entire
> >> candidates
> >> >name is printed out on the reports? I know the label width is
> determined
> >> by
> >> >the width of the Accu-Vote tape but I'm hoping there is some way to
> >> modify
> >> >it in GEMS so the reports come out right. A couple of our
> candidates are
> >> >bothered that their names are being cut off in our reports.
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >Craig
> >> >
> >