Problems printing reports with RichText control

[Guest]

I am using an RichText control (RICHTEXT.RichtextCtrl.1) for the help
function of my ACCESS 97 application.
I want the user to be able to print the help topics, which can be a few
lines or several pages. For this I made a report for printing Help topics,
which contains the RichText control. The RichTextControl has a memofield as
its control source.
However the RichtText control does not have a CanGrow and/or CanShrink
property.
What is printed is limited to the (fixed) size of the control on the report.
The rest is of the content simply truncated. However the report should print
a topic of any size.

How can I get the report printing a topic of any size?

Or probably the question boils down to: How can I get the RichText control
adapt its size based on the content of the memofied, which is the
controlsource.

I have searched the web for hours, but could not find a solution....
It would be great if anybody can help!

 

[Stephen Lebans]

It is not possible in Access 97.
You would have to upgrade to a minimum of A2K and then use either my
free RTF control or the $299 FSMINC Rich Text control.

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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
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[Guest]

Dear Stephen,
Thanks so much for your response!
I am considering upgrading anyway, also for other reasons, although it will
take quite some effort from my side.
If I made the step I hope to use your control!
Best wishes,
Jan Huys