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# RE: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports

- To: <bugtrack@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports
- From: "Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:37:52 -0600
- Importance: Normal
- In-Reply-To: <000f01c063d0$73327d50$0203a8c0@GES001>

    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
    > >> >
    > >

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    - From: "Tari Runyan" <trglobal@earthlink.net>

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