[AccessD] Highlighting Select Words in a Large Text Field

Mon Oct 1 11:51:31 CDT 2012

You've probably seen this info, and have gone beyond, but I thought I
should reference the Allen Browne stuff anyway..... If you're  way past
this, remember I'm just the messenger...

see http://allenbrowne.com/AppSearchHighlight.html

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com>wrote:

> Shamil,
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> Thanks for the info.
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> I plan to continue to experiment with this area.
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> My current method of generating HTML and initiating Internet Explorer
> works, but it would be nice to not have to use the browser.
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> Thanks again,
> Brad
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 10:21 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Highlighting Select Words in a Large Text Field
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> Hi Brad --
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> Sorry, I missed that you have to preview/print report - then you can
> assign your HTML text to .ControlSource property of an unbound TextBox with
> .TextFormat property equal to "Rich Text". (Of course you can also use
> textboxes bound to field(s) of a (temp) table keeping your generated HTML).
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> ="<html><body><p>Hello, <font size=""5"" color=""FF0000"">W<font>orld
> !</p></body></html>"
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> Thank you.
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> -- Shamil
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> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:11:37 +0400 от Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>:
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> Set "Rich Text" TextBox's .Value property equal to your HTML text and see
> how that will impress your relatives :)
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> Thank you.
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> -- Shamil
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> Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:35:58 -0500 от "Brad Marks" <BradM at blackforestltd.com
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> Because the field is coming from a database in a purchased package, I
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> If I used a TextBox control with the property set to "Rich Text", I am not
> sure how I could change the text to highlight the selected word(s).  Maybe
> there is a way to do this, but I could not find an example.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Salakhetdinov
> Shamil
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> Sent: Sun 9/30/2012 2:28 PM
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> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Highlighting Select Words in a Large Text Field
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> Hi Brad --
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> Why not use (unbound) TextBox control with its Text Format property set to
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> -- Shamil
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