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.,

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

Is that what you are looking for?

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.

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?

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.,