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Re: Text items

From: Nuno Guerreiro <nuno-v-guerreiro_at_telecom.pt>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:00:58 GMT
Message-ID: <3600b5f3.182079646@news.telecom.pt>


Well, it seems that the function you're looking for is far more simple than you'd expect:

length()

Exactly as you've written down in this post.

Nuno Guerreiro

On 16 Sep 1998 12:29:18 GMT, "Nick Lehane" <lehanen_at_logica.com> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I know this is porbably a really simple question but I would be grateful if
>you would humour me in answering it - I just need to find out how many
>characters a text item on my form contains, so that I can say:
>
>If length (text item) = 0 then do this
>else do that
>
>I know it's pretty basic but I can't seem to find the appropriate function
>/ property anywhere!
>
>Many thanks in advance.
>
>Nick Lehane
Received on Wed Sep 16 1998 - 08:00:58 CDT

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