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

[Ryan W]

LMAO.

Well thanks for making me laugh.  For now "good enough" will have to do.



On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 1:57 PM Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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