The only method I can think of is to create calc fields with shortened field names where the values is equal to the corresponding long-named field.
Good luck Chuck FileMaker Pro Discussions <[email protected]> on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 11:12 AM -0700 wrote: >A former FileMaker developer at my company managed to insert merge fields >into a layout that were "smaller" than their field names. That is, if the >field name was "FieldName", the merge field would normally be inserted as >"<<FieldName>>" but he managed to make it so that the field appeared as >"<<Fi". (The width was smaller and the height remained constant at one line >high.) This is great when trying to put merge fields at the right hand >margin of layouts so the horizontal scrollbar doesn't constantly show up and >mess up the appearance. > >I can't for the life of me figure out how he did this, and Google is not >being my friend when I try to search for it. Does anyone have any >super-secret tip on how to accomplish this magic? I'm designing a new >database that would benefit from it. > >-- >David ODonnell ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Director of I.T. ? +1 703/421-2610
