[AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List

Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software bchacc at san.rr.com
Wed Oct 29 18:34:23 CST 2003


Did, but no soap.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 8:38 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List


> You probably had the textbox positioned slightly above the bullet.  Try
> top aligning them.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:51 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List
>
>
> Bob:
>
> That's exactly what I tried but the bullet always got repositioned below
> the text line after the text line grew.  I used the 'developer stupid'
> approach to solve it.  Realizing that there would always be a line of
> text I made the text line and the bullet the same height and turned the
> bullet on and off depending on the bullet flag of the detail line.  So
> avoided the whole problem instead of solving it.
>
> But I'm still a bit curious as to what you did different than me that
> made the bullet come out aligned top with the text line.
>
> 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 4:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List
>
>
> > Bob
> >
> > ...nice approach ...but won't this always offset the text whether you
> > show the bullet or not?
> >
> > William Hindman
> > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in your
> > lifetime?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Gajewski" <rbgajewski at adelphia.net>
> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:31 AM
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Creating a Bulleted List
> >
> >
> > > William
> > >
> > > ***************************************************
> > > Private Sub Detail_Format(Cancel As Integer, FormatCount As Integer)
>
> > > If IsNull([txtTextBox]) or [txtTextBox] = "" Then txtBullet = Null
> > > txtBullet.Visible = False
> > > Else
> > > txtBullet = Chr(62) ' Just a sample using ">"
> > > txtBullet.Visible = True
> > > End If
> > > End Sub
> > > ***************************************************
> > >
> > > Be sure to set both txtBullet and txtTextBox to CanGrow=Yes and
> > > CanShrink=Yes.
> > >
> > > Change the ASCII code to whatever you want actually displayed.
> > >
> > > Place the two text boxes on the same line on the report:
> > >
> > >  [_] [_____________________________]
> > >
> > > I use this coding in some of my reports, and it works fine.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bob Gajewski
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William
> > > Hindman
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 02:36
> > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > > 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
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