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Adjust the size of a field displayed on a page - Work description

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Is there any way within AL or otherwise to adjust the size of a display box, for example, on the Purchase Invoice screen, I want to adjust the size of the Work Description field on the Sales Invoices screen?

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    Greg Enns 1,102 on at
    RE: Adjust the size of a field displayed on a page - Work description

    Looks like Zhu has a good solution. One thing I would add... I have found that by moving/grouping other fields in the same area, you can usually cause a blob field to show more lines.

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 73,696 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
    RE: Adjust the size of a field displayed on a page - Work description

    Hi, I just tested it briefly. If you create a Factbox to display Work Description, it can display 5 lines. . . . .

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    Update: As long as Editable = false and ShowCaption = false, five lines can be displayed.

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    My test code:

    pageextension 50111 ZYSalesOrderExt extends "Sales Order"
    {
        layout
        {
            addafter(Status)
            {
                field("Work Description 2"; WorkDescription)
                {
                    Editable = false;
                    ShowCaption = false;
                    ApplicationArea = All;
                    MultiLine = true;
                }
            }
            addfirst(factboxes)
            {
                part(SalesOrderWorkdescription; "Sales Order Work description")
                {
                    ApplicationArea = All;
                    SubPageLink = "Document Type" = FIELD("Document Type"), "No." = field("No.");
                }
            }
        }
    
        var
            WorkDescription: Text;
    
        trigger OnAfterGetRecord()
        begin
            WorkDescription := Rec.GetWorkDescription();
        end;
    }
    
    page 50111 "Sales Order Work description"
    {
        Caption = 'Sales Order Work description';
        PageType = CardPart;
        SourceTable = "Sales Header";
        InsertAllowed = false;
        Editable = false;
        DeleteAllowed = false;
    
        layout
        {
            area(Content)
            {
                field("Work Description"; WorkDescription)
                {
                    Caption = 'Work Description';
                    ShowCaption = false;
                    ApplicationArea = All;
                    MultiLine = true;
                }
            }
        }
    
        var
            WorkDescription: Text;
    
        trigger OnAfterGetRecord()
        begin
            WorkDescription := Rec.GetWorkDescription();
        end;
    }

    Hope this helps as well.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 73,696 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
    RE: Adjust the size of a field displayed on a page - Work description

    Unfortunately as far as I know, this cannot be adjusted by default.

    In addition to the Java script that Bilal mentioned, you can also try WebPageViewer Add-in.
    More details: https://yzhums.com/16061/

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    Hope this helps as well.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    kjjson on at
    RE: Adjust the size of a field displayed on a page - Work description

    Thank you, we are trying to increase the size of the field. Right now it shows 3 lines, we would like to change it to 6 lines.

  • Bilal Haider Profile Picture
    Bilal Haider 45 on at
    RE: Adjust the size of a field displayed on a page - Work description

    Hi,

    Yes there is limited options for adjustments within AL (more options using Java script). Can you elaborate what adjustment exactly you need for Work description.

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