Hi,

New to FMP 5.0.

Is there a way to limit the amount of characters entered in a field? For
example, only three numbers per field such as for area code?

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Thanks,
Cesar A. Iriarte
Systems Director

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Just a guess as I'm new to FM myself, but couldn't you use a validation
using length(FieldName) = xxx ?

Now, if you're looking for something like a browser where it physically
won't allow you to enter more than 3 characters I'm not sure if that's
possible in FM.

-warner

You should get the idea from the last posting to your first question and the
email that I just sent you, but basically, you would need to use a validation
and in the calculation you would enter the following:

Length(<field>) = xxx

You can also use >, >=, <, and <= in place of the = in the formula above to
restrict size or ensure at least a given length.

Hope that this helps...

Bill
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