Counting num chars in real time

[Luis]

Hello.
I have a form with a memo field that i want to limit the
size of that field. I'd like to create a control on the
form that while the user is typing the text on that memo
field the length of the text is displayed on that control.
It's like some sites that allow us to send messages that
are counting the number of chars as we type the message.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance.

Luis

 

[Ken Snell]

One way to do this would be to use the OnChange event of the textbox into
which the info is being typed:

Private Sub MemoTextbox_Change()
Me.CountingTextbox.Value = Len(Me.MemoTextbox.Text)
End Sub

Note in this situation that you do want to use the Text property of
MemoTextbox.

 

[Luis]

Worked perfectly!

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
One way to do this would be to use the OnChange event of the textbox into
which the info is being typed:

Private Sub MemoTextbox_Change()
Me.CountingTextbox.Value = Len(Me.MemoTextbox.Text)
End Sub

Note in this situation that you do want to use the Text property of
MemoTextbox.

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Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>




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