Abbreviates the contents of a text item.

Defined in

NotesItem

Syntax

abbreviation$ = notesItem.Abstract( maxAbstract&, dropVowels, useDictionary )

Parameters

maxAbstract&

Long. The maximum length of the abbreviation$.

Boolean. Specify True if you want to drop vowels from the words in the item. Otherwise, specify False.

Boolean. Specify True if you want to use the table of abbreviations in NOTEABBR.TXT. Otherwise, specify False.

abbreviation$

String. The contents of the item, with vowels dropped and abbreviations substituted (if specified), then truncated to fit to maxSize&.

abstractText method in Java Item class

@Abstract in formula language

Example
See Also

Getting text renditions of rich text items in LotusScript classes

Glossary