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Field Calculator not working

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06-12-2013 01:56 AM
PatrickMurphy1
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Whilst in editing mode, I want to fill in data for a group of records, when I select them I change the table view just to show what I have selected, and then I right click on the field name and choose "Field Calculator". I type in inverted commas what I want in the field.
The calculate window appears for a fraction of a second then disappears. Nothing happens to the table.

The same issue has happened on two different PCs and on different layer types (Points & Polygon features)
Can anyone help
Pat
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JakeSkinner
Esri Esteemed Contributor
Hi Patrick,

If the field is of type Text, you will want to wrap the text in quotes,  i.e. "data".
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PatrickMurphy1
Deactivated User
Hi Jake
Thanks for the reply.
I have been using the "" anyway.
I was able to sort it out, there is a glitch with Arc Map, what we did to get around it was to re-name the ESRI folder in Applications folder on the C Drive of the effected machines. Once re-named when you log into Arc Map it creates a new ESRI folder, once this is done the Field Calculator functions work again.
This also may help others with a similar problem
Regards
Pat
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