[AccessD] Rich text text boxes

[Stuart McLachlan]

Two points:

Microsfot uses the term "RichText" in two very different ways.  

1.   WIth a "RichEdit Control". 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/rich-edit-controls

A real Rich Edit control uses Richt Text - which is NOT HTML. It's an entirley different 
encoding. 


The MS Access  "Rich Text" textbox is an enhanced basic textbox which is essentailly a 
WYSIWIG HTML editor.  You can turn any MS Access Textbox into a textbox which stores 
and display HTML simply by setting it's Format property to Rich Text.  Once you have done 
that, double clicking anywhere in the text pops up a small floating menu with formtting 
buttons (colour, size, bold, italic buttons etc).


On 12 Jul 2022 at 10:58, John Colby wrote:

> 
> The text control is obviously NOT a browser.  How it works is a
> mystery, however it does allow at least a modicum of HTML formatting.