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Sure. I sent an email to you via the forum.

Would it be possible to email you to show you exactly what I mean? I don't know how else to explain without showing you (w/ screenshots) but also, don't want to display company info online.

So you need total chars to be 16? And we'd trim any extra off the SetOfBooks field?

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... ...

That did it. Thanks again!..Lou

You may need to rebind the repeating table to the other data source first. Basically, the repeating table needs to be bound to the correct data source - then you can change the control inside it.

Thank you. I need to do the same for a few other fields, but I get the attached error message. I did the following steps, and get the error message at step 5: 1. Added the layout table; 2. Copied the repeating table from the field you helped me with and pasted it into the layout table; 3. right click the value inside the repeating table you ...

A layout table can be added from the Insert menu - Custom table - I selected a single row, single column table. Then I cut & pasted the table into the cell. :)

Thank you Hilary!. I have to repeat these steps for a few more fields that can have multiple values, so I want to make sure I understand what you did and try from scratch rather than copy and paste. I understand about the conditional formatting, but you indicate you put the table inside a layout table cell. These are the steps I can't ...

You had conditional formatting on the control inside the repeating table to hide it, but not on the table itself. So I copied that rule to the table. Also I put the table inside a layout table cell - perhaps this will now look the way you want it to.