Crystal Reports : Displaying the first few lines of a Notes field

There may be some times where you only would like to see the first few lines of a Notes field. In order to achieve this, we must use the "Can Grow" property of the field in question, providing a maximum number of lines.

1. Right-click on the Notes field you wish to modify.

2. Click the box labeled "Can Grow"

3. Enter in a value into the "Maximum Number of Lines" textbox.

4. Ok your way out.

You will see that the Notes field is only displaying the first N lines, where N is the maximum number you specified. Try it!