Formatting a control

[nigelben]

I would like to fromat a control in the following way

="this is a " & format("TEST","bold")& "the word test
should appear in bold"

what I want is a control on a form where the word TEST (
in this example is bold). Is there anyway of doing this

It will go into an unbound text box

thanks

Nigel

 

[Rick Brandt]

I would like to fromat a control in the following way

="this is a " & format("TEST","bold")& "the word test
should appear in bold"

what I want is a control on a form where the word TEST (
in this example is bold). Is there anyway of doing this

It will go into an unbound text box

None of the native controls in Access support mixed formatting. You would
have to use a RichText ActiveX control to do something like that.

 

[A C]

None of the native controls in Access support mixed formatting. You would
have to use a RichText ActiveX control to do something like that.

I have seen it done in a report control, but not a form.
See http://www.lebans.com/mixbold-plain.htm for report examples.

Perhaps someone knows if it works for the report only, or could the ideas be
translated into a form as well???


I also found this at the same place which might be something like what Mr
Brandt was suggesting
http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm

Regards
AC

 

[Stephen Lebans]

The mixBoldPlain solution is for Reports only.
The Rich Text ActiveX control is for both Forms and Reports.

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