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[WAP_MaxColumns]

[WAP_MaxColumns] returns the number of text columns in the screen of the current client's WAP browser.

This information is reported by the WAP browser. Not all browsers may supply this information.

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[WAP_MaxColumns]
Examples

To truncate fields to the width of a WAP browser's screen:

Use the [WAP_MaxColumns] tag to determine the width of the WAP Browser's screen and use the [String_Extract] tag to shorten field data to that length. The results are shown for a 12 character display, cutting off the last character of 'Surname, John'.

[Inline: -FindAll,
    -Database='Contacts',
    -Table='People']
  [Records]
    <br>[String_Extract: -StartPosition=0,
      -EndPos=(WAP_MaxColumns),
      (Field: 'Last_Name') + ', ' + (Field: 'First_Name')]
  [/Records]
[/Inline]
Result:
<br>Doe, John
<br>Surname, Joh
Tag Link [WAP_MaxColumns] Category Client
Type Substitution Data Source Any
Support Preferred Version 5.0
Output Type Integer Security None
Implementation LDML Sets Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0

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