Is it possible to increase the length of the Title column for a site above the 255 characters.
My requirement is that I use a field that is longer than the maximum 255 chars but because the Title column is a required field I need to enter something in it. Rather than enter garbage just because I have to, I would like to use it. If not, then my current thoughts for a workaround will be make a copy of the first 255 chars of a seperate column that I am able to make longer.
The Title column is special. Aside from changing the Display Name there's not much you can do with it. While the Title field isn't used as the database key for the row, it is a logical key when thinking of an item. It should be short and concise. The Title field has the additional functionality of the context menu (Delete, Save Copy, any custom actions, etc.) Having the Title column be quite large could make the UI hard to view. Some users might want to make a custom view without that column pushing the row size too high. In that case, they won't have access to the context menu for that item.
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I have a few merge fields on a contract that I want to fit between other words in a paragraph. But when the information from Salesforce is too long for the text box it overlaps the following words in the contract, blocking the signers view of those words. I wanted to know if there is any functionality where the text continues but must be clicked on to view. Sort of like a cell in excel?
Thank You.
If you login to DocuSign and edit your merge field, you can set it to a fixed width under the 'Formatting' section on the right. This should lock the length of the text field, but it won't allow any more text into the field.
I'm a projectionist at a movie theater, and we have a spreadsheet to track all of our content chronologically. Each show has its own row, complete with all of the details regarding time, theater number, format (digital DCP, Blu-ray, 35mm, etc).
We use this to verify at-a-glance where we're at on managing the content to make sure everything is set up to go. I have conditional formatting set up in every cell so that if it's a Yes or - (meaning not applicable to that show) it turns green, and if it's a No or ? (meaning we haven't gotten that information yet) it turns red.
What I want to know is if it's possible to have another column specifically for an overall "Yes" or "No", based automatically on the contents of the rest of the row (for example, column "D" will be green for yes and red for no). So if a show has all of its criteria met for the rest of the row (E* through Z*), manually filled out to turn green, that one cell (D*) will automatically follow suit. If something is missing from the rest of the row and contains even one red cell (anywhere in E* through Z*), that one cell (D*) will stay red as well.
I realize it probably needs a bit of scripting involved for this, which is not within my realm of experience, but I'm not even sure if it's possible. A lot of the spreadsheet is inputted manually, so one more column with a manual cell isn't the most inconvenient, but if we could set it up to be automatic, that would be incredible.
To branch off my comment above:
Additionally, have the cells by default set to red (using the fill option). If any of the cells are "NO", the condition won't be met, and it'll show as red:
Using OR:
=AND(OR(A1="YES",A1="-"),OR(B1="YES",B1="-"),OR(C1="YES",C1="-"))
There is a computed field Native OS Style, width-fixed: 0.409'', height - Proportional.
When its form is composed, it has a default value let say 3.
I get something like this: where ( ____ is the "length" of the field )
3
___
Is there any chance to make it like this ?
3
___
I read that I need to get to the Text properties ( second tab ) because the field will follow that allignment, but I didn't know how, considering the fact that the field position is ok, I just want to change the value alignment.
Thanks for your time!
It sounds like you're asking about a Notes client app (not a web app).
A "native OS style" field has the text on the left. That's just how these fields work. To get the effect you're looking for, I think you would have to create a "fake" native-style field. Use a table with borders only on the cell containing the field, and in the cell put a Notes-style field but uncheck the option to display field delimiters. Now, if you right-align the cell contents, that will affect the text typed into the field.
If you don't like tables, a "layer" should also work.
I am using TDBGrid for the first time.
I didn't even notice the Columns property in the object inspector and everything went just fine: the grid was filled.
Then I saw the Columns property and tried it. When I use the object insector to add items to the Columns property of the grid, they do not all of them show up at run time. To me, it looks like the FieldName property is important. It looks like it is correct, but there are no values in some columns.
If I leave this property blank (no columns at all) it seems that the control populates it itself at run time and I do see all the columns. I could live with that. When I set column titles at run time it works, but setting column width does not.
[Update] Thanks for the feedback. I am learning slowly. Now I see what is happening. I wanted three of the five columns to be calculated. Two are gotten from INNER JOINs and the third from an SQL 'cast' of SELECT ... FROM_UNIXTIME(<table>.time_stamp).
If I do not define the columns at design time then these values are populated at run time when I execute my SELECT. Cnn anyone tell me how to set things up at design time? Thanks
There is no difference in functionality between runtime and designtime set up columns. That is: what can be done designtime can also be done runtime, and vice versa.
When te Columns property is kept empty, the grid fills it by default with all fields it finds in the linked dataset, once the dataset is opened. All column specific settings, such as alignment, width, title caption, etc... are set to default, based on the type, length and name of the corresponding field. This is the lazy way which sure could be sufficient.
You could deside to use your own setup or modification of the columns property, for one or more of the following reasons:
Change the order of the dataset fields in which they must appear in the grid,
Truncate the width of text fields (especially VarChar fields or Char fields with a large length normally result in colums that are too wide for normal presentation and/or user interaction),
Change the alignment of the fields (normally numeric fields are right aligned by default),
Hide one or more fields from the dataset,
Etc...
These own settings can be done desingtime as well as runtime.
Using the designtime columns editor is the preferred and RAD way in need of these customizations. Open the editor by double clicking the grid or the property, or via the grid's context menu. If the linked dataset is active then the command Add all fields is enabled, which does exactly the same as if you did not select any field at all, i.e. the default behaviour as described in the second paragraph.
The best way to define the columns on a dbGrid is to doubleclick the dataset in order to create variables that the form knows about (persistent fields). You can edit various properties of these variables such as DisplayLabel, DisplayWidth and DisplayFormat.
You can also add calculated fields by double clicking on the dialog box which appears when you double click on the client dataset.
I have to display in a cxdbGrid column 'Test √', and I got the check mark by using a symbol font but the rest of the characters changed.
I don't have an answer if you do actually need to have the check as part of actual text in the text column. I don't think I've ever seen an app that did it that way though. The usual way of doing this is to add a column to the left or right of the text column in question and have the new column use a checkbox control. Then just set the value of the checkbox column to true or false.
It's quite common to include some type of image to represent the state of a column in a grid control. You could implement your own OnCustomDrawCellEvent to put an icon image there, instead of text and a font. Below is a link to a tutorial of how to accomplish this.
How to draw an icon along with the text in a grid cell