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Old May 13th, 2004, 04:16 PM
Larry
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I'm trying to increase the amount of text allowed in a field..... I've increased the size of the field but I'm limited to approx. 1/3 of the field for text.
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Old May 13th, 2004, 04:34 PM
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What are you trying to increase it to, and what errors are se?


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"Larry" wrote in message
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I'm trying to increase the amount of text allowed in a field..... I've

increased the size of the field but I'm limited to approx. 1/3 of the field
for text.


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Old May 13th, 2004, 05:11 PM
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Default increasing amount of text allowed in field

I'm trying to increase it to the size of the field.( Left 0.0833, Top 1.375, Width 5.3333, Height 1.125).
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Old May 13th, 2004, 06:20 PM
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Default increasing amount of text allowed in field

Are we talking about the amount of characters stored in the table, or how
much is displayed on your form?

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I'm trying to increase it to the size of the field.( Left 0.0833, Top

1.375, Width 5.3333, Height 1.125).


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Old May 13th, 2004, 07:36 PM
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Default increasing amount of text allowed in field

Both actually...... The field is a Description of the Machines that we have in inventory. ie. specifications, equipped with, electrics, etc.
 




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