Max. No. of Lines with Can Grow 2

[PeterOcean]

Is it poss to write a formula to set the max number of lines when you set the Can Grow. I want to say something along the lines:

If pagenumber = 1 then
MAX NO. OF LINES = 5
ELSE
MAX NO. OF LINES = 25
end if

This is for 8.5

 

[Ngolem]

not really but by trial and error (as long as the field is less than 254 chars) you might limit the size of the string variable

for example: if a field width handled 10 chars/line then your formula would look like

If pagenumber = 1 then
left({Table.strvalue},50)
ELSE
left({Table.strvalue},250);

in crystal syntax...on memo fields you cannot do this however.


Jim
JimBroadbent@Hotmail.com

 

[rogar]

You can set Max Lines for Can Grow in the Format Editor, but I don't think you can use a formula. A workaround would be to place two identical can-grow objects, superimposed, one with a 5-line max, suppressed when PageNumber > 1, the other with a 25-line max suppressed when PageNumber = 1.