textbox scrollbars

[JohnE]

I display a form with several large size text boxes on them. I prepopulate
the objects with data from my database. As you would expect only so much of
the text can be visible. This is fine. However, my users are sometimes
unaware that the scrollbar exists until they actual focus on a specific text
box.

Is there a way to alway display scrollbars in text boxes regardless of
whether they have focus or not?

Thanks ... John

 

[Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com]

AFAIK, no.

 

[Tammy F]

If it means a lot to the user - could you make a picture of a scroll bar -
put it on the end of your text boxes? When the actual field gets focus the
real text bar comes up... otherwise the picture of the scroll bar shows.
You'd have add code to the picture to set the focus back to the field in case
the user clicked on the picture.