@Abstract, RichText Items & Views

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Hi All

I want to be able to display a rich text field , called Comments, in a view. As the field does (rightly) not get displayed in the field list for selection, I am using the following formula

@Abstract([TextOnly];1000;“”;Comments)

but no go - the column values are just blank.

If I use

@Abstract([TextOnly];1000;“”;“Comments”), I get the word “Comments” for all the rows.

I know, I could create a new, hidden, computed field in the form which will hold just the text component of the rich text field, but this is a huge production database and this change will have an impact on the size of the database.

So the question is, why @Abstract is not working in my view.

Any suggestions, anyone?

Thanks

Alpna

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Subject: RE: @Abstract, RichText Items & Views

The Domino Designer help for this function states: @Abstract cannot convert rich text to text in a view column.

If you want an abstract, it must be stored in a text field in the document – you could do it with a computed field. Note: 1000 characters is a lot to clutter up a view index with. I suggest something much shorter.