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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.infopathdev.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Newbie Questions</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspx</link><description>New to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)</generator><item><title>Re: How do you trim characters in a form name?</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/124309.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:48:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:124309</guid><dc:creator>Hilary Stoupa</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/124309.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&amp;PostID=124309</wfw:commentRss><description>Sure. I sent an email to you via the forum.</description></item><item><title>Re: How do you trim characters in a form name?</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/124308.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:06:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:124308</guid><dc:creator>Janine</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/124308.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&amp;PostID=124308</wfw:commentRss><description>Would it be possible to email you to show you exactly what I mean? I don&amp;#39;t know how else to explain without showing you (w/ screenshots) but also, don&amp;#39;t want to display company info online.</description></item><item><title>Re: How do you trim characters in a form name?</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/124306.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 22:46:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:124306</guid><dc:creator>Hilary Stoupa</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/124306.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&amp;PostID=124306</wfw:commentRss><description>So you need total chars to be 16? And we&amp;#39;d trim any extra off the SetOfBooks field?</description></item><item><title>How do you trim characters in a form name?</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/124305.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:49:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:124305</guid><dc:creator>Janine</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/124305.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&amp;PostID=124305</wfw:commentRss><description>Hello! 

So I was asked to trim characters in the form name after the form is submitted. Is this possible? The form uses an external list (SetOfBooks) in sharepoint that is part of the concatenation (below). I need to be able to trim the characters down 16 characters but not sure how to even apply that to the example below... Help?

concat(&amp;quot;VMF-&amp;quot;, SetOfBooks, &amp;quot;-&amp;quot;, now())</description></item></channel></rss>