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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: "Tari Runyan" <trglobal@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:07:55 -0700

    I was thinking something in a metallic blue - not too flashy of course -..

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Ken Clark <ken@dieboldes.com>
    To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com <bugtrack@dieboldes.com>
    Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 7:38 AM
    Subject: RE: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports

    >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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