Changing font colour for part of text box

[Guest]

I have a text box which is being appended from another one. I'd like each
addition to appear in alternate colours! Does anyone know of a way that I can
change the font colour of just a section of a text box? Presumably this would
require some kind of embedded code.

 

[John Vinson]

I have a text box which is being appended from another one. I'd like each
addition to appear in alternate colours! Does anyone know of a way that I can
change the font colour of just a section of a text box? Presumably this would
require some kind of embedded code.

It cannot be done using a simple Access textbox. Instead you'll need a
"Rich Text Format" control - try searching http://www.mvps.org/access
using that as a search term. It will require storing the formatting
information in the text field, making it larger and perhaps harder to
search.

John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[ruralguy via AccessMonster.com]

Currently you would need to use a Rich Text Control. Stephan Lebans has such
a control.
http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

It cannot be done using a simple Access textbox. Instead you'll need a
"Rich Text Format" control - try searching http://www.mvps.org/access
using that as a search term. It will require storing the formatting
information in the text field, making it larger and perhaps harder to
search.

Also, for a free ActiveX control that works with Rich Text Format, check out
what Stephen Lebans has at http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm