FP6 - Text wrap in text field not working on form

[DocTre]

Hey All,

I'm a newbie when it comes to FileMaker and have been recently inherited a database where I work. One of the forms has a text field that handles variable length strings, and when the text wraps, the size of the field does not grow accordingly. How can I go about setting up the field so that it expands in size as the text grows?

Any help/advice is greatly appreciated,

Doc Tree

FileMaker Version: 6

Platform: Windows 2000

[Justin Grewe]

DocTre,

I do not know of any way to increase the size of a field with a calculation. The only way to actually change the size would be to go into layout mode and manually do it. But you can add a vertical scroll bar. Layout mode, then right click on the field and then field options.

Also try this post, it may be helpful. Post on varible field size

[DocTre]

Justin, thanks for your reply. It looks like I'll just go into layout mode, as you suggested, and tweak the font settings (make it a little smaller) and extend the text field. Its just kind of weird that you can't set a field upto auto-expand (I've done a bunch of stuff in Crystal recently, so that may be helping my brain think these funny things.)

Take Care,

Doc Tre

[Ano Nimus]

If you could auto-expand fields, those could really mess up the layouts. Where to shove the objects that are in the way?

Anyway, I was thinking about something, but can't really get to work. How about creating one big field, in which there are only merge fields, separated by two