How to use a teble with a memo field

[DataTeck]

I have a database that contains a memo field where i need
to type text that should be formated with tabs and maybe
alignments or bold, italics, etc.
Is there a way to do this is acces?
so far when i type text in a memo field it's very
difficult having to align text.

Thank you

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Tabs, bold, italics and the like don't really have anything to do with memo
fields per se: the field holds characters, and how you format those
characters is determined by the control in which you display the contents of
the memo field. It sounds as though you need an RTF (Rich Text Format)
control.

You can get a free RTF control that works with Access from Stephen Lebans at
http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm

 

[Terri]

I am currently doing this very thing is my application.
The best way (the only way I have found) is to make the
text field an embed/linked field. I have a word document
created in the same folder as my application, that has
the basic font setup that is required. Then in the
Access program, I create an embedded field that when I
double click on this field it opens WORD with this
document at the template. This allows my users to format
the text in any format that they chose. When they close
WORD it saves the document as an embed in the field. I
considered doing a link, but our folders are moved around
and renamed so much that this would never work for us.
I found the solution in the Microsoft.com knowledge
base. It tells you how to write the code to do this.
Search on Embeding Word Documents.

Hope this helps you.
..

 

[sun]

thx
haha
reply
i am chun

I am currently doing this very thing is my application.
The best way (the only way I have found) is to make the
text field an embed/linked field. I have a word document
created in the same folder as my application, that has
the basic font setup that is required. Then in the
Access program, I create an embedded field that when I
double click on this field it opens WORD with this
document at the template. This allows my users to format
the text in any format that they chose. When they close
WORD it saves the document as an embed in the field. I
considered doing a link, but our folders are moved around
and renamed so much that this would never work for us.
I found the solution in the Microsoft.com knowledge
base. It tells you how to write the code to do this.
Search on Embeding Word Documents.

Hope this helps you.
.

 

[sun]

I am currently doing this very thing is my application.
The best way (the only way I have found) is to make the
text field an embed/linked field. I have a word document
created in the same folder as my application, that has
the basic font setup that is required. Then in the
Access program, I create an embedded field that when I
double click on this field it opens WORD with this
document at the template. This allows my users to format
the text in any format that they chose. When they close
WORD it saves the document as an embed in the field. I
considered doing a link, but our folders are moved around
and renamed so much that this would never work for us.
I found the solution in the Microsoft.com knowledge
base. It tells you how to write the code to do this.
Search on Embeding Word Documents.

Hope this helps you.
.

 

[Steve]

Does the richtext control need to be installed on each machine that
accesses the database? What happens if these dll's are not present in a
particular machine?
Steve

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Yes, the RTF control does need to be installed on each workstation.