Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software
bchacc at san.rr.com
Tue Oct 28 08:57:23 CST 2003
OK. So I solved it the really stupid way. It occurred to me that the text box does not have to start at zero height because there will always be at least one line. So I made it the height of one line with Can Grow - True and the label with the bullet next to it (set Visible/Invisible, depending on the record) and it works just fine. Next up, he wants the option for a numbered list as well (sigh). With egg on face, I remain, Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:27 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List > I think the catch here is that because the text box starts out with zero > height and Can Grow is true, during the Print it's pushing the bullet down > below the text box. They can't seem to end up on the same line. I tried > putting the .Top of the bullet to the .Top of the text box in the OnPrint > event but you can't set it there. > > But then I'm putting the bullet in a label with a zero height and setting > the height to about 250 to make it visible when fldBullet is set to true. > I'll try the image control and see what happens. > > Rocky > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:33 AM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List > > > > Rocky > > > > ...this works for me in an AXP test mdb ...gives an indented text box with > a > > bullet or an unindented text box without a bullet. > > > > ...in your report detail section, place an image control (imgImage0) with > a > > bullet image embedded ...to the left of it place your textbox (txtText1) > > where you want the indent to start. > > > > ...place this in your reports cbf detail DetailFormat > > > > Private Sub Detail_Format(Cancel As Integer, FormatCount As Integer) > > If Reports!Report1.Controls!imgImage0.Visible = False Then > > Reports!Report1.Controls!txtText1.Move Left:=300 > > Else > > MsgBox "duh" > > End If > > End Sub > > > > ...adjust the move figure until it fits where you want it to reflect an > > unindented text placement ...HTH :) > > > > William Hindman > > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in your lifetime? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> > > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 2:35 AM > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List > > > > > > > ...picky, picky, picky :) > > > ...how about using an image control for your bullet set for inline with > > your > > > text box control? ...that should give you the effect you want ...HTH :) > > > > > > William Hindman > > > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in your > lifetime? > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> > > > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:44 AM > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List > > > > > > > > > > Well, I'm trying to gild the lily by making it look like a hanging > > > indent - > > > > that is, a multi-line section of text would all be left adjusted with > > the > > > > bullet to the left of the first line. Just pre-pending the bullet to > > the > > > > text will work, I suppose, if I can't get it to look like a bulleted > > list > > > in > > > > a Word doc. > > > > > > > > Rocky > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> > > > > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > > > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:58 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...since the "bullet" is really just a text character, why not > > > concatenate > > > > > it with the text using an IIF function to turn it on or off? > > > > > > > > > > William Hindman > > > > > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in your > > > lifetime? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> > > > > > To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:48 PM > > > > > Subject: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear List: > > > > > > > > > > I have a report which is a number of pieces of boilerplate text > which > > > are > > > > > printed in the detail section of a report. There is also a > > boilerplate > > > > > header text. > > > > > > > > > > I set height of both to zero and the Can Grow property to true. So > > far, > > > > so > > > > > good. Formats nice. The user can set the Bold, Underline, and > Italic > > > > > properties for each piece of boilerplate. > > > > > > > > > > Now he wants the option to add bullets to the detail text. So I > tried > > > > > putting a bullet in a label, invisible, height zero, aligned top > with > > > the > > > > > detail text. If the text bullet property is set to True then I make > > the > > > > > label visible and set the height to 225 twips. All OK except that > > > because > > > > > the text can grow, instead of coming out like this: > > > > > > > > > > (bullet) Text One. > > > > > (bullet) Text Two. > > > > > > > > > > It comes out like this: > > > > > > > > > > Text One. > > > > > (bullet) > > > > > Text Two. > > > > > (bullet) > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to make this work or a better way to create a > bulleted > > > list > > > > > in a report where the detail field may or may not be bulleted? > > > > > > > > > > MTIA, > > > > > > > > > > Rocky Smolin > > > > > Beach Access Software > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > AccessD mailing list > > > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > AccessD mailing list > > > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > AccessD mailing list > > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >