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Topic: Show first few lines of text in form

Posted By: Andy Rowland
Subject: Show first few lines of text in form
Date Posted: 29 November 2010 at 12:11pm

How do I show the first few lines of text in a form and have a read more link at the side.
ASP

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Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 8:13pm

Do you mean trim a string down?

You could do something like this:

<%

Dim strMessage

strMessage = "Hello World. Hello World. Hello World. Hello World. Hello World."
if len(strMessage) > 30 then strMessage = mid(strMessage, 1, 30) & "..."
Response.Write( strMessage )

%>

This quick code sample will shorten the string if it is larger than 30 characters to 30 characters and add "..." to the end.

Change the both of the number 30s above to your desired length

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