>>Is there a way to dynamically assign textbox controlsource to be substr(myField,1,240)?
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>>I tried txt.ControlSource = '(substr(' + myField + ')1,240))'
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>>but got an error.
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>txt.ControlSource = '=LEFT(' + myField + '),240))'
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>BTW you missed a comma[)1] -> [),1]
It does let me use it, but doesn't seem to work. E.g. the value is not showing.
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