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Is this even possible, would be cool if you could do this in acces
I have a query that I search for a word, or words using this statement in the
query. Like "*" & [Type anything you wish to search] & "*" It works, But it there a way access can hightlight the word in the record that it found. Thanks, |
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Is this even possible, would be cool if you could do this in acces
You can do this in Access 2007. See:
Highlight matches - Matching characters of search results highlighted in text box at: http://allenbrowne.com/AppSearchHighlight.html The article contains a (free) downloadable sample database so you can see how it works. It takes advantage of the new rich-text text box in A2007 to highlight the matching text. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "BrianPaul" wrote in message ... I have a query that I search for a word, or words using this statement in the query. Like "*" & [Type anything you wish to search] & "*" It works, But it there a way access can hightlight the word in the record that it found. Thanks, |
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Is this even possible, would be cool if you could do this in a
Thanks, Will Check it out. I loaded Access 2007 but everything is in
different places. "Allen Browne" wrote: You can do this in Access 2007. See: Highlight matches - Matching characters of search results highlighted in text box at: http://allenbrowne.com/AppSearchHighlight.html The article contains a (free) downloadable sample database so you can see how it works. It takes advantage of the new rich-text text box in A2007 to highlight the matching text. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "BrianPaul" wrote in message ... I have a query that I search for a word, or words using this statement in the query. Like "*" & [Type anything you wish to search] & "*" It works, But it there a way access can hightlight the word in the record that it found. Thanks, |
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Is this even possible, would be cool if you could do this in a
Yes: it's quite different.
This may help you adapt to the current version: http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "BrianPaul" wrote in message ... Thanks, Will Check it out. I loaded Access 2007 but everything is in different places. "Allen Browne" wrote: You can do this in Access 2007. See: Highlight matches - Matching characters of search results highlighted in text box at: http://allenbrowne.com/AppSearchHighlight.html The article contains a (free) downloadable sample database so you can see how it works. It takes advantage of the new rich-text text box in A2007 to highlight the matching text. "BrianPaul" wrote in message ... I have a query that I search for a word, or words using this statement in the query. Like "*" & [Type anything you wish to search] & "*" It works, But it there a way access can hightlight the word in the record that it found. Thanks, |
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