tortise at paradise.net.nz
tortise at paradise.net.nz
Sat Dec 27 13:49:11 CST 2003
Hey thanks Gustav, Kewl idea, not contiguous form, will try this, I presume the 64K limit will still apply? Kind regards, Dr David Hingston Director Chequers Software Limited Wellington, New Zealand. www.cheqsoft.com Crafters of: Break Reminder - For safe and efficient PC use - www.breakreminder.com TimesOwn - International Time Zone Calculator a click away - http://www.cheqsoft.com/timesown.html Clipboard Express - Cut and paste storage and web form filler - http://www.cheqsoft.com/clipboard.html MP3Detective - MP3 Player manager - http://www.cheqsoft.com/mp3detective.html Engines2Go = E2Go Fast and friendly Internet searching - have you tried it? http://www.E2Go.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 5:09 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Memo Fields - Cursor positioning at the endofthememowhen the len > max integer value > Hi Susan > > I had the Microsoft Rich Textbox Control 6.0 (SP4) in mind. > > OLE Class: RICHTEXT.RichtextCtrl.1 > > /gustav > > > > Gustav, how would you use an RTF box -- are you suggesting a non-native > > control, such as one of the MS Forms controls, something else, or is there > > somewhere to turn a memo control into rtf? > > > Susan H. > > > >> Hi David > >> > >> If your memo field is used on a form displaying single records only > >> (not contiguous records), you may be able to use an RTF (Rich Text > >> Format) box. Here SelStart and SelLength are Long. > >> > >> Applying this will, of course, turn your memo contents into RTF > >> documents which may cause an avalanche of new problems ... > >> On the other hand, an RTF box supports both drag and drop which may be > >> advantageous if your users operate with memo field contents in the 32+ > >> K area. > >> > >> /gustav > >> > >> > >> >> > I use selstart to identify the end of a memo and set the > >> >> > cursor there, (so user can launch straight into appending > >> >> > text directly into the memo) however whenever the memo's > >> >> > length is greater than the max integer value of 32K this > >> >> > fails as it only works for integer values. How can one > >> >> > position the cursor in a memo field that has number of > >> >> > characters bet the 32 and 64K len? .. > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >