length of variable

[gordon]

Hi
I am writing a short app that will collect some information and produce a
text file based on that information.

One of the values that goes into this text box must be max of 8 characters
long - otherwise it should be truncated to 8.

I used a statement based on if the length is > 8 then substring it to 8 but
i couldnt get the code to work.

Could someone please give me an example? The input is in a text box called
tbName.

thanks

Doug

[Pete Davis]

Why not post your code that does this and let us tell you what's wrong with
it?

Pete

"gordon" <go**********@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:43**********************@news.optusnet.com.au ...

Hi
I am writing a short app that will collect some information and produce a
text file based on that information.

One of the values that goes into this text box must be max of 8 characters
long - otherwise it should be truncated to 8.

I used a statement based on if the length is > 8 then substring it to 8
but i couldnt get the code to work.

Could someone please give me an example? The input is in a text box
called tbName.

thanks

Doug

[Hans Kesting]

> Hi

I am writing a short app that will collect some information and produce a
text file based on that information.

One of the values that goes into this text box must be max of 8 characters
long - otherwise it should be truncated to 8.

I used a statement based on if the length is > 8 then substring it to 8 but i
couldnt get the code to work.

Could someone please give me an example? The input is in a text box called
tbName.

thanks

Doug

Are you by any chance trying

tbName.Text.Substring(0, 8);

then try this:

tbName.Text = tbName.Text.Substring(0, 8);
(explanation: strings are immutable, the various methods on string
don't modify the existing string but return a new, modified one)

Hans Kesting