Typing in a text box

[Clopez]

I have a form with an image. I'd like to put a text box over it so someone can mark areas on the image. Is there a way to make the text box transparent when I type?
When I click the box to type, it goes solid, and I can't see the image.

Is there a way to accomplish this?

 

[CJ_London]

not so far as I am aware. If you show (not describe) what you are trying to achieve, there may be an alternative way

 

[theDBguy]

There may be a way to do what you want but probably not with a textbox; maybe with an ink object.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

The problem you face is that Access is a text-oriented program that happens to support the display of images - but doesn't process them. Native Access will not do what you want. As theDBguy suggests, there is the possibility of creating an application object that would allow what you want. Look up "Microsoft Ink" to find articles on ink objects.

 

[Clopez]

Would Microsoft ink, allow typing or just handwriting?

 

[theDBguy]

Would Microsoft ink, allow typing or just handwriting?

I think it's more like "drawing."

 

[CJ_London]

Without understanding the actual requirement you could investigate using a web control and generate html code to display the image and allow you to type on it.

Don’t understand:
Is this one textbox covering the entire image?
Or multiple smaller textboxes?
Once you have your typed over image - what then? Print it? Save as a combined image file? Save to a table to be viewed/printed later?

Why not use a different app such as powerpoint, word or publisher?

 

[Clopez]

Without understanding the actual requirement you could investigate using a web control and generate html code to display the image and allow you to type on it.

Don’t understand:
Is this one textbox covering the entire image?
Or multiple smaller textboxes?
Once you have your typed over image - what then? Print it? Save as a combined image file? Save to a table to be viewed/printed later?

Why not use a different app such as powerpoint, word or publisher?

It's one text box covering an entire image. This image is in a vehicle inspection report to mark any damage to the vehicle. Employees would fill out before using a company vehicle. It is in a form that would be saved, and a report generated. I've attached an image of what I have.

 

[CJ_London]

What sort of text are you entering? An X at each damage point? Or words such as dent or scratches? What about tyre or wheel damage?

 

[Clopez]

Just an X at each point, the tire and wheel damage would be the same on an image of the side of the vehicle.
The text would be in text box in the form

 

[CJ_London]

So have a number of small text boxes or images which display a X which a user can drag and drop to the required position over the image. Or perhaps display a number instead so the use can relate to some numbered text. Depends how much detail is required as to whether it is a fixed list dent,scratch, cracked, etc or you need to be more specific’big dent’ , 6” scratch etc

Google drag and drop if you don’t know how to do it

On dropping, you can store the top/left coordinates so you can replicate when you next look at the particular vehicle