Formatting text

I need to format a text in a text box to show a text field truncated.
In other terms, I must show only 40 characters of a very long string.
Do I use the statement "format"?
How can I solve this issue?
Many thanksI would do it in the SQL statement. As in left(fieldname, 40)
Richard
"Pasquale" <Pasquale@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I need to format a text in a text box to show a text field truncated.
> In other terms, I must show only 40 characters of a very long string.
> Do I use the statement "format"?
> How can I solve this issue?
> Many thanks|||Or in the report itself:
Field => expression => LEFT(strVariable, 40)|||OK! Many thanks
"Vyv" wrote:
> Or in the report itself:
> Field => expression => LEFT(strVariable, 40)
>