Hi Denis
It *is* possible to convert a long free text answer to a short free text answer, using the 'hide' option.
However there are issues updating the answer if the respondent types in a new answer in the long free text box.
The php function you suggested will not give the desired result using an equation type hidden question.
I also tried javascript in vain. Since referenced long free text fields come up without carriage return or newline characters in question text, but not in default answer texts, there must be a way to get around this problem, using either PHP or javascript...
... by the way ... converting a long free text answer to a short free text answer is possible on a platform using MySQL only due to 256 character limitations in Postgres / MS SQL!
/statman13
It *is* possible to convert a long free text answer to a short free text answer, using the 'hide' option.
However there are issues updating the answer if the respondent types in a new answer in the long free text box.
The php function you suggested will not give the desired result using an equation type hidden question.
I also tried javascript in vain. Since referenced long free text fields come up without carriage return or newline characters in question text, but not in default answer texts, there must be a way to get around this problem, using either PHP or javascript...
... by the way ... converting a long free text answer to a short free text answer is possible on a platform using MySQL only due to 256 character limitations in Postgres / MS SQL!
/statman13