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Text box not growing?
Hello. I drag and drop a field onto a form and it creates a text box.
I type text into the box, but then the text scrolls off. it is all there. It is just hidden by the edges of the box. I don't want to make the text box length 8" long so it captures all entries, so there has to be someway that if I make the text box 2" wide, it will wrap the text or expand or something. I have its Can Grow property set to Yes already. What else should I look for? VR/Lost |
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Text box not growing?
From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb242179.aspx: "This property
affects the display of form sections and controls only when the form is printed or previewed, not when the form is displayed in Form view, Datasheet view, or Design view." Not sure what to make of that! On forms, I normally just make boxes big enough vertically to show the entire string and don't rely on the CanGrow property. If the table field is Memo type don't think form will handle that well but report controls should grow vertically to display all content. Lostguy wrote: Hello. I drag and drop a field onto a form and it creates a text box. I type text into the box, but then the text scrolls off. it is all there. It is just hidden by the edges of the box. I don't want to make the text box length 8" long so it captures all entries, so there has to be someway that if I make the text box 2" wide, it will wrap the text or expand or something. I have its Can Grow property set to Yes already. What else should I look for? VR/Lost -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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Text box not growing?
Set Scroll Bars to Vertical and set the Textbox to at least two line that
will be visible on your form. If you set only one line that is visible on the textbox the characters will not word wrap. Lostguy wrote: Hello. I drag and drop a field onto a form and it creates a text box. I type text into the box, but then the text scrolls off. it is all there. It is just hidden by the edges of the box. I don't want to make the text box length 8" long so it captures all entries, so there has to be someway that if I make the text box 2" wide, it will wrap the text or expand or something. I have its Can Grow property set to Yes already. What else should I look for? VR/Lost -- Please Rate the posting if helps you. Message posted via AccessMonster.com http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/For...arted/200908/1 |
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Text box not growing?
AccessVandal,
That does it! You can make the text box as long (or short) as you want, but for word wrap, you also have to make its width (thickness) 2 lines wide (double-wide), and then throw in the vertical scroll bar in case there is more text than 2 lines worth. Thanks all! VR/Lost |
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Text box not growing?
Glad you got it working the way you want.
width? it should be the height of the control. Lostguy wrote: AccessVandal, That does it! You can make the text box as long (or short) as you want, but for word wrap, you also have to make its width (thickness) 2 lines wide (double-wide), and then throw in the vertical scroll bar in case there is more text than 2 lines worth. Thanks all! VR/Lost -- Please Rate the posting if helps you. Message posted via AccessMonster.com http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/For...arted/200908/1 |
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