|  |     Trevor,
    
    Looking at OA$BUILD:CM.A1$MSG it would appear that the symbol should
    be _MER_ and NOT _MERGE_ OR _MRG_. Looks like a bugette.
    
    As to the actual contents of the element when it has a merge conflict.
    The contents are the direct output of the CMS MERGE operation so it
    must be putting in the reverse video stuff. I *assume* you are trying
    to merge a form? If so, it is the FLG that is actually merged.  Can you
    confirm that it is an FLG you end up with?
    
    You should have a file in the development area
    OA$SITE_DEV_<area>:<name>.FLG_MERGE  which
    contains the merged conflict. If you edit it directly does it still
    have the reverse video etc?
    
    Kevin
 | 
|  | Yes, it looks like a bug. CM$_E_MRG_CON seems to be the correct symbol to 
use. Easy to fix - insert the symbol into the SITE$CM literal symbol file and 
away you go.  Make sure that this bug is reported though, just to get it onto 
the bug list.
What editor are you using when attempting to resolve merge conflicts?  Where 
are the elements to be merged coming from?  
Tony
 | 
|  |     Thanks for the quick responses,
    
    
    	Re: .1
    	Kevin,
    		Yes, you assumed correctly the elements being merged are
    type of FRM. Yes again, there was an output file breakdown.flg_merged
    created in the oa$site_dev_area directory. No, if edited directly using
    the EDT editor, no reverse video guff but still lots of unwanted chars.
    
    	Re: .2
    	Tony,
    		Initialy WPS-PLUS was my default editor, hence the reverse
    stuff etc, I switched to EDT and the same results as if edited
    directly. The elements are coming from some application areas that I
    set up for testing, the elements are both .FRM, both named the same the
    only diffs are some screen text added to force a conflict and again
    some named data designed also to conflict.
    
    	
 | 
|  |     Here is the file:
    
**************** Conflict 1     ************************************************
 
 
!          FMS Form Description Application Aid 
!                     Version V2.4
 
FORM NAME='BREAKDOWN'
    AREA_TO_CLEAR=1:23
    WIDTH=80
    BACKGROUND=CURRENT
    ;
TEXT (1,1) 'breakdown'
    ;
TEXT (2,1) 'Created in ALL-IN-1 V3.0'
    ;
TEXT (3,1) 'TEST2'
    ;
TEXT (5,17) 'Invoice_no:'
    ;
TEXT (7,17) 'other:'
    ;
ATTRIBUTE_DEFAULTS FIELD
    CLEAR_CHARACTER=' '
    NOAUTOTAB BLANK_FILL NOBLINKING NOBOLD NOREVERSE
    NOUNDERLINE NODISPLAY_ONLY ECHO NOFIXED_DECIMAL
    LEFT_JUSTIFIED NOSUPERVISOR_ONLY NOSUPPRESS NOUPPERCASE
    ;
FIELD NAME='INVOICE_NO'  (5,28)
    PICTURE=6'X'
    ;
FIELD NAME='OTHER'  (7,23)
    PICTURE=30'X'
    ;
ORDER BEGIN_WITH = 1
    NAME='INVOICE_NO' 
    NAME='OTHER' 
    ;
NAMED_DATA INDEX=1 NAME='.TYPE'
    DATA='ENTRY /MODE=update/HARD=''GGGG''' ;
NAMED_DATA INDEX=2 NAME='.FILE'
    DATA='breakdown,TEST2.FDL' ;
NAMED_DATA INDEX=3 NAME='INVOICE_NO'
    DATA='/rse_valid = inv_ent.invoice_no with .cost_code = "YYYYYY"' ;
NAMED_DATA INDEX=4 NAME='.COMMENT'
    DATA='This was added to show up some diffs between CMS copy and CM copy.' ;
 
END_OF_FORM NAME='BREAKDOWN' ;
********************************************************************************
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