Tip or Trick on inserting a field within TXT box if form design

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Hi, So somewhere along the way Sage removed the ability to add a field into a txt box. This is killing me. I have made a bunch of forms a long time ago and I cannot modify them, I cannot rebuild them either because there is no way to do the insert. There is no longer a way to make a professional looking form from within the program, if I wanted to make this note a form within the program and insert a Vendor name here it would have to have a gap whereas before the text would grow to fit the name. I&rsquo;m sure no one wanted to go backwards. If anyone knows a trick It would help. the old forms work great but wont let me save them anymore so I cant modify any of the words. Thanks John

Char DeLange · Answer

I add fields into text boxes all the time. It is the icon between the calculator and the picture of a mountain with the sun. It has an arrow pointing to the right. You have to be in the text box first then click the icon. A window will pop up with the field tables and you can select what you need.

Char DeLange · Answer

I think I misunderstood your issue. You always have to create a separate text box just for the coded field but you can line it up do it appears to be in the same text box when you print

ConnieLynn · Answer

I had a problem at one time that Sage said was unique to me. They said it was something in the settings in my computer. Every time I would add a line to a report the entire report would lock up and I could not add or access fields. I would go to another computer in the office, login Sage as me and could modify the report all day long. I'm not sure if this is the same issue that you are talking about. 
 I had a second issue when they change the report program from Crystal Reports to their own report software. All of my reports that had a "Variable" field would no longer work. A variable field is a calculated field that will allow you to input information into the report just before it would run. Example: one of my variable field is my payment terms on a proposal. I needed to be able to input a dozen or so different terms on proposals so I created a variable field that will pop up when I ran the report. I have the opportunity to state the terms something like "50% deposit, Net 30 on invoice" after hitting the enter button on my variable field the report would complete it's run and the terms would be in it's place on the report. 
 I hope some of this helps you.

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