This may be a dumb question but why do I need to adjust the code if it is working properly?

I assumed that if the code was working properly the probelm wasn't with the code, it was with my understanding of how it was working.

Had I really understood the Case command earlier this question would have popped up then.

We have the the longname and shortname cases earlier in the code that check for character length only. How do they get properly formatted to a white background if changed from the placeholder? I don't understand how you get code outside of that particular case to affect the case.

I'm missing something.