Memo fields hold a large piece of text, or a String as programmers call it. The maximum length of a text field is 4 billion characters. Obviously you wouldn't want to wait for that much text to transfer over the internet, so the practical limit is quite a bit less. A text field may contain any character from the unicode character set. Most of the settings for memo fields are generic settings that apply to many field types. The only real differences are in the format options.
A memo field may have three different formats. Regardless of the format, a width and height of the edit field may be specified.
| Format/Setting |
Description |
| Height |
The height of the field when in edit mode. This does not effect how much text may be entered. |
| Width |
The width of the field when in edit mode. This does not effect how much text may be entered. |
| None (Plain Text) |
Allows any value. |
| Email Address List |
Allows a list of email addresses. There are no known uses of this in actual use, but it's here for historical reasons. |
| HTML Text |
Transforms the field into a WYSIWYG rich-text editor with full HTML editing capabilities. |
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