Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Wed Dec 13 03:30:27 CST 2006
Hi Susan That's what is dangerous. One day you may need it elsewhere and you may be hosed. To conclude: Using vbNewLine is the safe way as it is easy to remember and performs correctly in any Windows environment. However, in SQL it is not recognized and you have to fall back to Chr(13) & Chr(10) for a new line. If that bothers you (not you, the SQL programmer) because it messes up the SQL, create a tiny function which is easy to remember and understand: Public Function NewLine() As String NewLine = vbNewLine End Function and use that in your SQL. /gustav >>> ssharkins at setel.com 13-12-2006 00:00 >>> I'm just dealing with message text in a message box. :) Susan H. Hi Susan I meant that no matter what you type, Access will try to display it correctly. However, if you construct a string with the various constants and assign this to a, say, textbox, you'll for the wrong constants meet the funny small boxes instead of new lines. Try it.