How do I get the modified field value of a VIEW I have a VIEW which pulls on the content field of a type. I specified I want the rewrite rules to trim to 25 characters with an ellipsis.

Unfortunately I also override the template (views-view-unformatted--XXX.tpl.php) and when I echo out the structure of the entire node and entity in template.php I see nothing of a modified field -- only the full data.

How do I adhere to the requirements of the field set in the VIEW?
I am not exactly sure of what your are looking for. When I need to change the output of a field I usually change the $view->result for the field in hook_views_post_execute.