Text field limitation

[jakewolfe]

Is there any way around the 255. char limitation for text field?

 

[Brian Teutsch [MSFT]]

Is your text field bound to an attribute field type? There should not be a
limit of 255 characters if your field is bound to a regular node type. If it
is bound to an attribute, that is a set limit.

Brian

 

[potpourri]

not sure if this is what u meant, but u can limit the char by
double-clicking the textbox control (bring up Properties dialog),
choose Display tab.

There's a checkbox for "limit textbox to ... character"

this applies to plain textbox though..

 

[jakewolfe]

Brian--- probably didn't ask the right question. Here's what I've got. I'm
using an Access database, and an infopath form. When I put a memo field in
the Access db it causes the infopath form to show "unable to submit because
of long text field" error when I create the data connection. When I change
the memo field to text it creates fine, but with a 255 character limit. I
want to be able to input more data from the infopath form than 255 characters
(plan to use rich text field, but not a requirement). Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Brian Teutsch [MSFT]]

Unfortunately that is a limitation of using InfoPath with Access. InfoPath
cannot map fields to Access memo types, which are the only types allowed to
hold more than 255 characters. It's not a fault of either application, but
it is a joint failure. Sorry, but I don't think there's any way around this
limitation.

Brian