Text Box

[Donna Bailey]

Is there any way to increase the amount of characters in a text box to 500 or
more? How can I insert a text box without tying it to a field or data source?

 

[Kalyan G Reddy MVP (GGK Tech)]

Hello

You can limit the character size to 500 in the text box properties.
You can insert a text box in the form and delete the field from the data
source if you want to remove the binding for the textbox.

 

[Donna Bailey]

Kalyan,
I ended up deleting the text box and inserting it outside of the repeating
section. I am still getting an error - it is telling me that the string is
limited to 200 characters only. Is there anyway to get it to allow 500-1000
characters? I am creating a 'Stormwater Customer Complaint' tracking form and
have all the other areas/fields tied into a database but want to create a
text box that will allow a 'description of complaint' - this feature
(description of complaint) can get a little wordy. I don't have to have it
tied into the database since the database itself seems to limit it.
Any suggestions?

 

[Kalyan G Reddy MVP (GGK Tech)]

Hello Donna

I tried your scenario and can do it fine without any issues.
I understand you just wanted a dummy text box to be able to enter 1000 chars
to enter a description.
Open the text box and under Display tab select the check box "Limit Text box
to 1000 characters and select Wrap text check Box.
Let me know if you are following the same steps.