https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/46.aspx For questions concerning issues in the integration of SharePoint and Microsoft InfoPath.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/80774.aspxThu, 19 Jul 2012 12:00:19 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:80774ErnestoM0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/80774.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=46&PostID=80774<p>Hi-</p><p>I think you can add a new column. This new column will be set to a calculated value based on another column.&nbsp;</p><p>I&#39;m attaching a screenshot to illustrate this.</p><p>Then you can hide the original column (i.e. not include it in the view) and only display this one, with the &quot;trimmed&quot; string.</p><p>Good luck! <br /></p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/80769.aspxThu, 19 Jul 2012 04:05:11 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:80769mn_laaziz0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/80769.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=46&PostID=80769I would like please to set the maximum capacity of a column to a certain number of characters. This column displays a content of a text control in an infopath form, and sometimes the text is so big that it makes the list look bad, so i want to show only part of the text by seting a maximum capacity.