Content Preview in Form Builder

Hi all,
I have duplicated the standard SAP XML form SAP_Announcements from the Form Builder. The standard xml form displays only the title and creator of the item in the RenderListItem tab. I am trying to modify it such that it displays the first 3 lines of the content as well. I managed to display the content but not able to limit the display to the first 3 lines. Is there anyway of doing this in Form Builder other than modifying the xsl file?
Thanks

okay - I uninstalled 5.6.3 and instead installed 5.6.2 and that seemed to have fixed my problem.
Thanks,
Rob

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> preview works correctly on the EDIT form, while still crashes on the Show and RenderListItem forms
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