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honeyl

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Sizing custom data text fields
July 04, 2009, 08:23:08 pm
Is it possible to change the size of a custom data text field. I've created a text field for putting in 100- to 200-word descriptions of a company, but when I look at this when adding a new organizational contact, the input field is not very long. The length of the database field does not seem to correspond to the length of the input field at the interface level. This is mainly a concern at the admin interface, as our office staff cannot type in and edit that much text in such a short field.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Re: Sizing custom data text fields
July 04, 2009, 10:06:44 pm
I'm not sure if it's always been there but there is a custom data field type  called 'note' rather than text which allows more data.
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honeyl

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Re: Sizing custom data text fields
July 05, 2009, 04:50:27 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Forum Goddess. I didn't see that. That's exactly what I need.

Dallas36

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Re: Sizing custom data text fields
July 05, 2009, 10:13:58 pm
The problem with this is that a NOTE does not allow the Admin to LIMIT the text/ characters in that field. The NOTE field goes on forever- well maybe not forever ;) .

I have the same problem- I want my contacts to write a 300 character description about their business and I am forced to use alphanumeric/ text so that I can limit the 300 character on the description.  It is very frustruating for my contacts to not be able to see and edit the business description.  The 300 limit is necessary for search outputs as well as we have a printed list of our providers that is space limited.

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Re: Sizing custom data text fields
July 06, 2009, 06:29:20 am

You can implement a validate hook to limit the number of characters on the custom field. Alternatively you can customize the specific templates and do it via javascript.

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