[AccessD] Sanity Check: Textbox between form and report wrapping doesn't match

[Charlotte Foust]

Take a deep breath and repeat after me ... Om, reports are not forms,
reports are not forms, reports are not forms.  Now don't you feel better?
;-)

Charlotte Foust
(916) 206-4336


On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 10:30 AM Ryan W <wrwehler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay.. hrmm..
>
> Well, it may be close enough although it's not quite WYSIWYG.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 8:37 AM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have seen a disconnect between forms and reports like that. I always
> laid
> > it off on the forms being a little wonky since I'm using screen resizing.
> >
> > But my solution was to make the report look like the form as much as
> > possible - never got a complaint from a client.
> >
> > r
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 4:45 PM Ryan W <wrwehler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a 7x5 textbox on a form and a 7x5 textbox on a report, the
> > > wrapping between them does not match.
> > >
> > > Padding is the same between textboxes
> > > Dimensions are the same
> > > Font size/Font Name and Font Weight are the same.
> > > CanGrow and Canshrink properties are identical
> > > The form control anchor does allow it to stretch down but not across.
> > >
> > > Report margins do not interfere with the overall width of the textbox.
> > > Form textbox scroll bar does not appear to be the culprit in wrapping.
> > >
> > > The report generally has one less word (depending on the length of the
> > > word) on SOME lines, but not all.   If I shrink the textbox on the form
> > by
> > > .25", for the test data I'm using I get a word for word match on the
> > > wrapping (again for the test data I tried).
> > >
> > > I'm trying to make sure when the user types it out they get a sense of
> > how
> > > the report wrapping and length will appear.. so I'd like it to be 1:1.
> > Am
> > > I missing something obvious?
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