Can Grow and Can Shrink Question

[Guest]

Why does the Can Grow and Can Shrink properties of a text field on a form not
work, I have tried this on a report and it works fine but not on my input
form, I am trying to have the text field the same length with enough depth to
hold two lines of test, but when the user types more in, the depth expands to
accomadate this, can anyone help please.

Thanks in anticipation

Joe

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

It doesn't work on forms because it wasn't designed to work on forms.

Nothing prevents the user from typing more data than can appear in the two
lines you're displaying. The user also has the option of using Shift-F2 to
open the "zoom" box which will let him/her see more of the input. (You can
also open the zoom box programmatically using DoCmd.RunCommand
acCmdZoomBox)

Since forms are not intended to be printed, I can't see that those
properties not working is a hardship.

 

[Keith Wilby]

Why does the Can Grow and Can Shrink properties of a text field on a form
not
work, I have tried this on a report and it works fine but not on my input
form, I am trying to have the text field the same length with enough depth
to
hold two lines of test, but when the user types more in, the depth expands
to
accomadate this, can anyone help please.

Thanks in anticipation

Hi Joe.

From the help:

"This property affects the display of form sections and controls only when
the form is printed or previewed, not when the form is displayed in Form
view, Datasheet view, or Design view. "

Keith.
www.keithwilby.com