Make Columns in a Text Box?

Visio 2002

Is there any way to make columns in a text box so
that when type fills down one column of the box
it automatically starts at the top of the next column.

This seems like a simple thing but I have not been
able to figure out how to do this

|-----------------|-------------------|
text text
text text
text
text
text
text
text
-------------------------------------

If there is no straightforward way would anyone know
where I could get the VBA code to do this?

Thanks.

Les

you might be able to do something like that within vba and assigning it to a
control such as the listview control?
Al
"Les Coover" wrote in message
news:aMK7d.5819$Tj.4440@okepread02...
Visio 2002

Is there any way to make columns in a text box so
that when type fills down one column of the box
it automatically starts at the top of the next column.

This seems like a simple thing but I have not been
able to figure out how to do this

|-----------------|-------------------|
text text
text text
text
text
text
text
text
-------------------------------------

If there is no straightforward way would anyone know
where I could get the VBA code to do this?

Thanks.

Les

Thanks Al
I have not used VBA in Visio before so this is new to me.
Perhaps there is some kind of add-in that I could get to
accomplish what I want to do.

If not perhaps someone could give me some help with
using VBA in Visio.

In MS Access to attach code to an object I usually
go to the properties event section to start the code.
I could not find anything like this in Visio, so I am
not sure how I would attach code to an object.

I am using a Forms Shape, Table with 2 columns. It
seems that I need to create an event where the active
column is passed from column 1 to column 2 when
the length of text reaches a maximum. Any help
appreciated.

Les

"Al Edlund" wrote in message
...
you might be able to do something like that within vba and assigning it to
a
control such as the listview control?
Al
"Les Coover" wrote in message
news:aMK7d.5819$Tj.4440@okepread02...
Visio 2002

Is there any way to make columns in a text box so
that when type fills down one column of the box
it automatically starts at the top of the next column.

This seems like a simple thing but I have not been
able to figure out how to do this

|-----------------|-------------------|
text text
text text
text
text
text
text
text
-------------------------------------

If there is no straightforward way would anyone know
where I could get the VBA code to do this?

Thanks.

Les

Thanks Al
I have not used VBA in Visio before so this is new to me.
Perhaps there is some kind of add-in that I could get to
accomplish what I want to do.

If not perhaps someone could give me some help with
using VBA in Visio.

In MS Access to attach code to an object I usually
go to the properties event section to start the code.
I could not find anything like this in Visio, so I am
not sure how I would attach code to an object.

I am using a Forms Shape, Table with 2 columns. It
seems that I need to create an event where the active
column is passed from column 1 to column 2 when
the length of text reaches a maximum. Any help
appreciated.

Les

"Al Edlund" wrote in message
...
you might be able to do something like that within vba and assigning it to
a
control such as the listview control?
Al
"Les Coover" wrote in message
news:aMK7d.5819$Tj.4440@okepread02...
Visio 2002

Is there any way to make columns in a text box so
that when type fills down one column of the box
it automatically starts at the top of the next column.

This seems like a simple thing but I have not been
able to figure out how to do this

|-----------------|-------------------|
text text
text text
text
text
text
text
text
-------------------------------------

If there is no straightforward way would anyone know
where I could get the VBA code to do this?

Thanks.

Les