dynamic report

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Andreas Wöckl

hi group!

I am getting crazy with a task I have to complete for my customer: We manage
a library which contains various kinds of entries (books, magazines,
software and so on). Depending on the kind of entry I have to display
various display names with various length. So there is no problem in a form
with using a listView Active X. But how can I perform this task in a
report?? I have tried to use a listbox and bind it to a control source. Well
this would work - but the entry is automatically selected and with the
selection I can not see any text (both is black). If i change the textcolor
to white - the selection and the text get white.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

best regards

andy
 
Andreas

I don't understand what you mean by "with various length". Are you saying
some names are 20 characters and some are 50? Or are you saying that some
names are 1 "line" long and some are 5?

If the former, you can add a text control on your report that is wide enough
to hold the widest 'name'.

If the latter, you can add a text control on your report that is however
wide you want, and set the CanGrow and CanShrink properties.

Or have I misunderstood?

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Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Office/Access MVP


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