Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Mon Jun 9 12:11:30 CDT 2008
Oops. Meant that to reply to Gustav. And, having looked a bit closer, adding the .Text property solves it! Thank you Gustav. Regards, Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software [mailto:rockysmolin at bchacc.com] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:09 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] Trick Needed That was my first thought, too. But it doesn't show the current length of the data in the text box correctly. It just show the length of whatever was there when the box got the focus. Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:01 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Trick Needed text1.keyup should be the event (after the key has been deposited. In that event look for the length of text1. I have not tested this though. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software wrote: > Dear List: > > There are two text boxes on a form. As the user keys info into text > box 1, that is, after every key stroke, I would like the length of > the data in text box 1 to appear in text box 2. But I can't find an event that 'knows' > what the current length is in text box 1 until it loses and regains focus. > > Is there a slick way to get this number? > > MTIA > > Rocky > > > > > > > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.1.0/1492 - Release Date: 9/6/2008 10:29