CanGrow property for text box

[PaulA]

Hi, all--

I am trying to create a continuous form (in lieu of a report) that will allow variations in the size of the primary text box that will hold different quanties of text.

I thought this would be simple--just set the CanGrow property of the text box to "Yes".

It's not happening.

Is it possible to have a continuous form where the detail section of the form will have variations in height based on an expanding text box? Why is the text box not expanding?

I am creating this form in lieu of a report because I want to be able to program navigation based on an event on a specific control in the form detail.

Thanks!

Paul

 

[missinglinq]

It's not working because Access CanGrow is only available for reports! Lebans has a replacement function here that extends this to forms,as well. Haven't used it but hope it works for you!

http://www.lebans.com/cangrow.htmhttp://www.lebans.com/cangrow.htm

 

[PaulA]

Thanks--

Thanks--

I'll check it out.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

the normal technique for a text box on a ofrm is to use scroll bars - a text field can only hold 255 chars, but a memo can hold 64K, so can be extremely big - hence scroll bars

what you could also do is put a transparent button over the normal control (but when you click the control you are really clicking the transparent button) , that pops up a large form showing all the text in the problem control

 

[Rich]

Use the built in Zoom box

 

[PaulA]

Thanks to all who replied!