All,

I inherited an FMP 5 application with some repeating fields on it. I created a report layout using these fields but something strange happened. The last repeating field on the layout truncated the data in the field, which it didn't do in preview mode. So I expanded the field width to way more than necessary but still the data was trucncated. Instead of Willa S. Young it would print Willa S. Found that strange, got frustrated, and replaced the repeating field on the layout as a merge field. Then it didn't truncate the data anymore but I lost the lines between repeating values. The other repeating fields had no such problem and appear to be working just fine.

What caused this behavior and what can be done to prevent it in the future? the report was laid out in landscape mode and I'm printing 5 records per page.

Thanks

The Mad Jammer

All,

I inherited an FMP 5 application with some repeating fields on it. I created a report layout using these fields but something strange happened. The last repeating field on the layout truncated the data in the field, which it didn't do in preview mode. So I expanded the field width to way more than necessary but still the data was trucncated. Instead of Willa S. Young it would print Willa S. Found that strange, got frustrated, and replaced the repeating field on the layout as a merge field. Then it didn't truncate the data anymore but I lost the lines between repeating values. The other repeating fields had no such problem and appear to be working just fine.

What caused this behavior and what can be done to prevent it in the future? the report was laid out in landscape mode and I'm printing 5 records per page.

Thanks

The Mad Jammer

All,

I inherited an FMP 5 application with some repeating fields on it. I created a report layout using these fields but something strange happened. The last repeating field on the layout truncated the data in the field, which it didn't do in preview mode. So I expanded the field width to way more than necessary but still the data was trucncated. Instead of Willa S. Young it would print Willa S. Found that strange, got frustrated, and replaced the repeating field on the layout as a merge field. Then it didn't truncate the data anymore but I lost the lines between repeating values. The other repeating fields had no such problem and appear to be working just fine.

What caused this behavior and what can be done to prevent it in the future? the report was laid out in landscape mode and I'm printing 5 records per page.

Thanks

The Mad Jammer

I just responded to another one of your posts concerning printing. After reading this one too it sounds like you may have a corrupt layout. You might want to try creating an all new layout with new objects (don't copy any from the questionable layouts) and see if your problems persist. If so, you need to at least delete the bad layouts but also consider rewriting the file.