There are also a lot of great UDF's available for problems like this at http://www.cflib.org
-e -----Original Message----- From: Scott Weikert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: restricting cfoutput character length Saturday (Stuart Kidd) wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to do something which i can imagine is very simple but >can't find the function. When i display a title ><cfoutput>#myTitle#</cfoutput> i'd like to just display the first 15 >characters and if more then put three dots (periods). I know the LEN >function but i can't work out how to replace the text with dots after >the 15th character. > > #IIF(Len(fieldname) GT 15, DE(Left(fieldname, 15) & "..."), DE(fieldname))# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:219639 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
