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  • Stuart E. Wugalter
    #1

    Show All Data in a Field

    Hi folks!

    I have a user who wants to see all the data in a memo field when she clicks
    on the cell in the table. I suspect that I will have to make a form first
    (which I prefer her to use). Has anyone done this before? TIA

    Stuart E. Wugalter
    Zilkha Neurogentic Institute
    University of Southern California
    wugalter@usc.ed u


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    • Jeremy Wallace
      #2
      Re: Show All Data in a Field

      Yup. I've made a form before.

      Stuart, a memo field can hold a _lot_ of data. No control on a form will
      enable you to see everything you could possibly fit in one of these fields,
      at least, not at a readable size. Just make a big text field and bind it to
      your memo field. She'll be able to scroll through the contents of the field.
      You can make it as big as makes sense for the form you design.

      Jeremy

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      "Stuart E. Wugalter" <wugalter@usc.e du> wrote in message
      news:bnbohd$k4i $1@usc.edu...[color=blue]
      > Hi folks!
      >
      > I have a user who wants to see all the data in a memo field when she[/color]
      clicks[color=blue]
      > on the cell in the table. I suspect that I will have to make a form first
      > (which I prefer her to use). Has anyone done this before? TIA
      >
      > Stuart E. Wugalter
      > Zilkha Neurogentic Institute
      > University of Southern California
      > wugalter@usc.ed u
      >
      >[/color]


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        • Bruce M. Thompson
          #3
          Re: Show All Data in a Field

          > I have a user who wants to see all the data in a memo field when she clicks[color=blue]
          > on the cell in the table.[/color]

          Of course, the user shouldn't be using a "table" to access the data. But, I see
          from your comment, below, that you sympathize with that viewpoint. <g>
          [color=blue]
          > I suspect that I will have to make a form first
          > (which I prefer her to use). Has anyone done this before? TIA[/color]

          Until you are more familiar with a form and its properties/objects, you can use
          the Form Wizard to generate a form for you. Just select the table in the
          database window and, click on the menuitem "Insert" and select "Form" or
          "Autoform". If you select the former, the wizard will walk you through the form
          creation process and if you select the latter, the wizard will automatically
          generate a simple form using the defaults.

          The user can view a larger window of the contents of a textbox by placing the
          cursor in that textbox and pressing the key combination <Shift>+F2.

          --
          Bruce M. Thompson, Microsoft Access MVP
          bthmpson@mvps.o rg (See the Access FAQ at http://www.mvps.org/access)[color=blue][color=green]
          >> NO Email Please. Keep all communications[/color][/color]
          within the newsgroups so that all might benefit.<<


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            • Stuart E. Wugalter
              #4
              Re: Show All Data in a Field

              Thanks to All! I already built the form with a large box so that the whole
              memo field is displayed. I convinced her to use it for now and see if she
              likes it ;-) Thanks again for your responses, Stuart



              "Stuart E. Wugalter" <wugalter@usc.e du> wrote in message
              news:bnbohd$k4i $1@usc.edu...[color=blue]
              > Hi folks!
              >
              > I have a user who wants to see all the data in a memo field when she[/color]
              clicks[color=blue]
              > on the cell in the table. I suspect that I will have to make a form first
              > (which I prefer her to use). Has anyone done this before? TIA
              >
              > Stuart E. Wugalter
              > Zilkha Neurogentic Institute
              > University of Southern California
              > wugalter@usc.ed u
              >
              >[/color]


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                • Patrick
                  #5
                  Re: Show All Data in a Field

                  There is a much better answer IMHO.
                  Use Zoombox, Double Click on text box and the zoombox editor appears
                  where you can enter or edit text, change fonts etc.
                  I will send you the mdb if you would like it.
                  send me an email at info@psoftuk.co m
                  Patrick


                  On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:43:02 -0700, "Stuart E. Wugalter"
                  <wugalter@usc.e du> wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  >Hi folks!
                  >
                  >I have a user who wants to see all the data in a memo field when she clicks
                  >on the cell in the table. I suspect that I will have to make a form first
                  >(which I prefer her to use). Has anyone done this before? TIA
                  >
                  >Stuart E. Wugalter
                  >Zilkha Neurogentic Institute
                  >University of Southern California
                  >wugalter@usc.e du
                  >[/color]

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