do you mean the amount of characters that you can inpot into a field, or the acutal length of the field say in inches?

I want ot limit the characters width to 64 and ulimited length vertically.

well i'm not to sure about that.

if you create a field and validate it with a calculation

Length(field_name) = 64

then you can make sure that no ones enters less than or more than 64 chracters.

on the other hand if you make the field width exactly fit 64 characters. you can then change the field format to include your scroll bars.

if you want a more complex calculation then i think i have a way.

Yes,

I need to restrict the width of characters to just 64 characters but still allow the user to enter as much tect as possible. Actually, I want a have return after the 64th character...

Use a monospaced font (like Courier), then set the width of the field to accommodate 64 characters.

Will that hold the formating if I copy that field and paste it into an e-mail package?

Can I set the width of characters in a field and yet allow additional vertical lines?

How about having 2 fields, one is an input field that is basically unrestricted, then an output field that calculates in a Return after every 64 characters?

Perfect! That's actually a really good idea!

Can you point me in the right direction for the calc to enter a return after the 64th character...?

Its not as perfect as it would seem...you will wind up splitting words and end up will some really weird hypenation. If you want to do something with the line splitting, start at character 64 and back down the string looking for the 1st blank and split the line that way. It is an easy script to write.

May I ask your assistance in showing me "how easy"?

Hmm, interesting idea, I'm trying to do that now, But it doesn't seem to be as "easy" one would think. Unless I'm overlooking a command somewhere. Btw: Steve, Do you do Filemaker for a living here in vegas?

Asnl: Yes, here in good old Vegas. I will post the script steps this evening if I have time.