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Modern Forms Designer Single Field Variable

asked on February 19

I was wondering if anyone has done this in the modern forms designer. We use a lookup table to auto fill in the first name and middle initial of employees. In the Classic designer I could set the single field to 1 character to only fill in the first letter of the middle name. However in the modern designer this no longer works. I have tried a few different functions but can't seem to figure out how to return just the first letter of the middle name.

 

So trying to truncate all characters after the first letter.

 

 

 

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replied on February 19 Show version history

You could try using =LEFT, if you don't mind your lookup writing to a hidden field, and then using that field in your formula.

=LEFT(VariableName, 1)

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replied on February 20 Show version history

Sara's Solution worked PERFECTLY!!!!

 

Thank you

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replied on February 19

I have filed bug for this issue (#577486). For now you may follow the workaround provided by Sarah. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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