triming text field on a report

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I need to trim the first three characters of a text field when printing to a
report.
 
I need to trim the first three characters of a text field when printing to a
report.
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Use an unbound control.
Set it's control source to:

=Mid([FieldName],4)
 
i tried this and keep getting #errors on the report. the text field is being
aquired from a query if that makes any difference.

fredg said:
I need to trim the first three characters of a text field when printing to a
report.
Click to expand...

Use an unbound control.
Set it's control source to:

=Mid([FieldName],4)
Click to expand...
 
Make sure the control has a different name than the
fieldname.
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Marsh
MVP [MS Access]


i tried this and keep getting #errors on the report. the text field is being
aquired from a query if that makes any difference.

fredg said:
Use an unbound control.
Set it's control source to:

=Mid([FieldName],4)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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