Text Field as Currency

Questions and Help
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Hi,

I was wondering if there was a simpler way to format a Text Field as a Currency?

Currently I ask the user for a text field input and then I reference the "name" of the Text Field in a currency formatted formula. This works but the text input appears in the inserted snippet which requires me to delete it each time:

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It seems it would be simpler if I could format text directly from the advanced text field options:

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Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank You in advance.

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Hi @vk956
You can place the text field inside a note:

{note}{formtext: name=Contract Value}
{endnote}Congratulations! ...
{=`Contract Value`; format=$,.2f}

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Hi Dan,

Thank you for your suggestion. This kind of works.

The note field does hide the input, but it now introduces a new issue.

It seems that the same space the note takes up on the input is the same amount of space taken up in the output. In short, I'm still required to revisit the output and delete the extra line breaks:

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Hi @vk956 - the note command doesn't leave white space. What you see there is the lines between the notes commands. Move the beginng of the note to be at the same line as the end of the previous note, or more all of the content to one note, and that white space should disappear.
Also, make sure that the text begins right after the end note (same line), and not below it.

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Thank You Dan!

That solved the problem. :slight_smile: