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  Kurai

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  How to shorten a field?

  Feb 29, 2012 03:29 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  I am having a problem when the content's length of my STRCONTENT field is too many that it over than my row column's height..

  <td style="padding: 4px; width: 192px; height:70px">
  	<div style="font-weight: normal; color: gray">
            <a href="#" id="lnkShowUserMessageModal" class="overshow">
  		<%#Eval("strContent")%>
  	  </a>
          </div>
  </td>

  
  I want to achive here.. is if STRCONTENT's lenght is more than 40 then it will show "..." at the end..

  Like this... "Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal....".
  Noticed the "...." at the end... 

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  karthicks

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  Re: How to shorten a field?

  Feb 29, 2012 03:38 AM|LINK

  hi, refer below code

  <a href="#" id="lnkShowUserMessageModal" runat="server">
  		<%= Eval("strContent").ToString().Length > 40 ? Eval("strContent").ToString().Substring(0, 40) +"..." : Eval("strContent").ToString()%>
  </a>

   In Vb.Net
  
  <%# IIF(Eval("Description").ToString().Length>100, Eval("Description").ToString().Substring(0,100) & "...",Eval("Description").ToString()) %>

  Thanks,
  Karthick S
  • Edited by karthicks on Feb 29, 2012 03:40 AM
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  umairaslam22

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  Re: How to shorten a field?

  Feb 29, 2012 03:45 AM|LINK

  If you are retrieving it from database you can achieve it via sql query here is the example

  Select 

  (Case When LEN(strContent) > 40 Then Left(strcontent,40) + '...' Else strcontent End ) as strContent

  From yourTableName

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  sreejukg

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  Re: How to shorten a field?

  Feb 29, 2012 03:45 AM|LINK

  Try this

  <%#Eval("strContent").ToString().Length > 40 ? Eval("strContent").ToString().Substring(0,40) + "..." : Eval("strContent").ToString()%>

  eval href

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  prakashslm

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  Re: How to shorten a field?

  Feb 29, 2012 04:10 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  try this

  public string TruncateAtWord( string input, int length ) {
  			if(input == null || input.Length < length)
  				return input;
  			int iNextSpace = input.LastIndexOf( " ", length );
  			return string.Format( "{0}...", input.Substring( 0, (iNextSpace > 0) ? iNextSpace : length ).Trim() );
  		}

  if you want to you in whole project try to add this method in masterpage

  be cool ....
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  Prakash
  
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  Kurai

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  Re: How to shorten a field?

  Feb 29, 2012 02:17 PM|LINK

  Thanks everyone.. :)

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  shafkatlee

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  Re: How to shorten a field?

  Mar 05, 2012 09:11 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  you can try this:

  public static string GetSubString(string text, int maxDescriptionSize = 0)
      {
          maxDescriptionSize = maxDescriptionSize.Equals(0) ? MaxDescriptionSize : maxDescriptionSize;
  
          if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text) && text.Length > maxDescriptionSize)
          {
              text = string.Concat(text.Substring(0, maxDescriptionSize), "...");
          }
  
          return text;
      }
  
  
  And call this function while grid bind.

  eval href