Grow text dynamically?

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I’m sure this has been asked before, but I cannot find a good solution.

In a FileMaker report, is it possible to dynamically grow a field like “Description” in an invoice and have the report adjust for that field?

Setting the “slide up” and “also resize enclosing part” does not do anything.

I’m using a portal for the line items, but I get the same result if I just use a sub-summary with fields directly.

I need the descriptions to grow dynamically.

Should I just use a spreadsheet instead?

Thanks in advance,

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Hi @OliverBarrett

In case it helps:

Attached should be an extremely simple example to illustrate how the variable field sizing feature with "slide up" and "adjust enclosing part" works in a sub-summary body item.

(It is not a feature that can be applied to portals.)

HTH.

VariableWhitespaceInPreviewMode.fmp12.zip (146.4 KB)

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Thanks Steve, I really appreciate you taking the time to create that example for me. :grinning_face:

Unfortunately, this still doesn’t do what I want. What I want is that regardless of how much text I enter, that text field itself would grow or shrink to display all of it.

I was trying to create a simple accounting system in FileMaker so invoices would need to be able to display any amount of details for an invoice item.

Realizing the overall complexity in this “create a simple accounting system” endeavor, I have since given up and am using “gnuCash”, a free and open source accounting package.

So far, gnuCash is superb! Free, (no subscriptions!), open source, etc.

Thank you again!

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The only way to achieve that with present FileMaker is to use a web viewer.

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Thanks Steve.

For invoicing, my need is at least what a simple spreadsheet could do.

FileMaker is (mostly) 90’s technology, I guess…

Appreciate your reply.

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Hi,

‘any amount of detail’ is not possible, but a “more-than sufficient amount of detail’’ is easy. Steve’s first reply correctly illustrates it.
The thing is a field can be reduced in preview/print mode but not expanded, so you need to design a layout with a very large field.
Also, note that only list views allow different heights on different records, not portal rows.