Hi Jacque Actually it is very much the same as LiveCode
Field Name1&" "&Field Name2 this will concatenate two fields. into a new calculation field where the results are shown. Thank you Vaughn Clement Apps by Vaughn Clement (Support) *http://www.appsbyvaughnclement.com/tools/home-page/* Skype: vaughn.clement https://secure.join.me/appsbyvclement FaceTime: vclem...@gmail.com LogMeIn also avaialble Call on "ooVoo" at address: vaughnclement or 9282549062 Ph. 928-254-9062 On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:33 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > This seems like it shouldn't be too hard, but I don't know FileMaker. Does > anyone know how to: > > 1. Get the text in one cell > 2. Concatenate the first 5 characters (or as many as exist) of the first 3 > words > 3. Put the value into another cell > > Do that for every record. > > So, if the text in cell A5 is "Every good boy does fine", cell A6 would > contain "EveryGoodBoy". > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
