Access 2000: How to see long strings in ListBox?

[Naum]

In Access2003 when a string does not fit in the ListBox control, I can
left-click on visible part of the string and in about 1 sec a tooltip
balloon will popup and show me entire string.

When is Access 2000 left-click does NOT show that tooltip. Maybe this
is turned off somewhere in Options? I did not find it...

How can I see long strings in ListBoxes in Access2000?

any ideas will be appreciated
thanks
john

 

[Ed Metcalfe]

In Access2003 when a string does not fit in the ListBox control, I can
left-click on visible part of the string and in about 1 sec a tooltip
balloon will popup and show me entire string.

When is Access 2000 left-click does NOT show that tooltip. Maybe this
is turned off somewhere in Options? I did not find it...

How can I see long strings in ListBoxes in Access2000?

any ideas will be appreciated
thanks
john

I'm not sure about the tool-tip text but I sometimes put a double-click
event behind the listbox which opens a messagebox displaying the full
contents of the columns. This may do what you need.

Ed Metcalfe.

 

[Dale Fye]

Actually, I seriously doubt that it will show "the entire string", since the
maximum width of a column in a listbox is 256 characters.

I usually do the same thing as Ed, especially if the record has a memo
field. I check for the Mousedown event, and if it is the right buttton,
will popup a dialog box with the entire text, as read only.

Dale