Limiting Number of Characters in Text and Long Text Fields

How to limit the number of characters in text and long text fields

Limiting the number of characters in a text and long text field can be helpful if you have FormsPro data that updates other systems that has limits on characters. This functionality applies to both advanced forms and basic forms in addition to static and dynamic tables.

Toggle the Use Character Limit option on in the Edit Text and Edit Long Text windows if you want to limit the character count of text fields. The character count includes all characters including spaces. For example, if the character limit specified is 7 and you enter “1 92-03,” the space and dash are included in the character count. Mark the Display Character Count in App option to provide insight to your users to the number of characters they can use. In long text fields, paragraph breaks count as two characters.