Character count - left

[Anuviel]

Would it be possible to make a calculation that would count how many characters has been used in a text field and to dynamically update and display the results as one types?

How hard would it be?

Thanks.,

[AudioFreak]

Length(Your Field) will return the number of characters in a field.

Is that what you are looking for?

[Anuviel]

Yes and no - I want to have a field that will display the number of characters left in the field that I am typing in - dynamically.

Text_1 - if I type in Test

Text_2 should return 1 when I type in T, return 2 when I type in e and so on...updating as I type?

Much like web forms that show you how many chars you have left to type in.

[David Jondreau]

Hard enough that it's not worth it bordering on practically impossible.

I'm pretty sure Filemaker has no "self-awareness" until a record is committed, so you can't use the calc engine by itself.

The only thing that comes to mind is to create a Looping scripting that continually commits a record, then re inserts the cursor at the end of the text. A crappy solution on several levels.

Maybe there's a plugin out there?

[Anuviel]

Thanks, will have to look for one, if there is one. At least will not have to waste my time trying to figure it out., I thought it might be hard.

Thanks.,