Having a word counter display next or as part of a text field

[drschilling]

Hi,

 

I have to write articles that are 350 words in length.  My "default" word counter is MS Word so I have to copy and paste what I'm writing into Word to get the current word count.

 

Does FMPro have a word count feature? 

 

How do I set it up?

 

Want to say I've had lots of help on this forum and want to thank you ahead of time!

 

David

[webko]

Have another field that's a calc field - WordCount(YourField)

 

It will update whenever you click out of the main field. FileMaker sometimes has an odd idea of what constitutes a word, but it will give you an idea

[john renfrew]

FileMaker help

 

 

WordCount

Purpose 

Returns a count of the total number of words in text.

 

So conditional formatting with If ( WordCount ( my::field ) > 349 )

rtfm?

[rivet]

keep this URL handy

http://www.filemaker.com/12help/html/help_func_cat.29.1.html#47874

[Raybaudi]

Does FMPro have a word count feature? 

David

 

 

To count the words while they are typed, you could use a Web Viever with this calculation:

"data:text/html,word count: " & WordCount ( Get ( ActiveFieldContents ) )

refreshing the screen with a script fired by an OnObjectModify trigger.

 

 

You could even use a simple merged $var placed on the layout, something like:

 

word count: <<$count>>

 

always refreshing the screen with a script, fired by an OnObjectModify trigger, like:

 

Set Variable [ $count ; value: WordCount ( Get ( ActiveFieldContents ) ) ]

Refresh Window [ ]