AddEllipsis ( theText ; theLength )

Truncates theText if longer than theLength and adds ...

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Sample input:

AddEllipsis ( Long text , 7 )

Sample output:

Long te...

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Case ( 
Length( theText ) > theLength ; Left( theText ; theLength ) & "..." ;
Length( theText ) = 0 ; theText ;
thetext
)

A more elegant way to truncat long text fields in a list or portal view. Also a convenient way to indicate wether the user is eeing all of the contents of a field.

Comments

		Jens Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe Mar 20, 2014
Just what I was looking for. Easy to do, but even easier to copy... :-)

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AddEllipsis ( theText ; theLength )

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