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@AbstractSimple
Creates a short abstract of a text or rich text field. Simpler and more efficient than using @Abstract.

Syntax

@Abstract( bodyFields )

Parameters

bodyFields

Text or text list. Any number of fields containing the text to abstract. May be text or rich text fields. If Notes/Domino cannot locate a field by name, it uses the string literal instead. Enclose each field name in quotes and separate multiple names with colons: "Sales":"Figures".

Caution Rich text fields are not part of a document until saved. If you want @AbstractSimple to work on additions and changes to the current document, you must first save and then recalculate the document.

Return value

abstractedText

Text or text list. In the case of a single body field being specified, a single string is returned which is the first 100 characters or first two paragraphs (whichever is less) of the field with newlines and tabs converted to spaces. A paragraph is defined by a terminating newline character. For rich text fields all formatting is removed. If the field has less than 100 characters, the entire field is returned. If a list of field names is supplied, then a text list is returned, with each list element containing the abstracted version of the corresponding field in the field list.

If a field is of an invalid type, or can't be found, the string returned is the name of the field that was passed into @AbstractSimple.

Note If the behavior of @Abstract is desired, where the result is a single, space-separated, string of abstracted results, apply @Implode to the result of @AbstractSimple

Language cross-reference

Abstract method in LotusScript NotesItem class

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