character positions in FM

[spearman]

I have just started working with File Maker and only do so in a very basic manner. I use it to keep track of college student book records. We are currently working with anothe company and need to exchange information. When I sent the info to them they said they needed a certain number of positions for the student name, ID number, and account number. For example, currently I have like 11 spaces for the first and last name and I need 15.

Is there a way on FM to add a finite number of spaces or positions to a field?

Sorry if this is confusing!

[Ender]

Use a calc field for the padded text:

padded_name_last (calculation, text result) = left(Name Last & "                "; 15) 

padded_acctNo (calculation, text result) = left(AcctNo & "            "; 10) 

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