Shrinking Memo Field

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How do you get a Memo field to grow or shrink on a form (Contionous or
Single).
Thanks
DS
 
On a form that is being displayed on the screen? You cannot make it grow or
shrink. Those properties are available only when you print the form (and
that is not the recommended way to print out your results -- use a report
instead).

You can set the Scroll Bar property for the textbox so that a vertical
scroll bar is available when the memo field gets the focus. Your user then
can scroll up and down the memo text in order to read it all.
 
You set CanGrow and CanShrink to Yes. Although, as the help says:

"These properties affect the display of form sections and controls only when
the form is PRINTED or PREVIEWED, not when the form is displayed in Form
view, Datasheet view, or Design view."

Mauricio Silva
 
Ken said:
On a form that is being displayed on the screen? You cannot make it grow or
shrink. Those properties are available only when you print the form (and
that is not the recommended way to print out your results -- use a report
instead).

You can set the Scroll Bar property for the textbox so that a vertical
scroll bar is available when the memo field gets the focus. Your user then
can scroll up and down the memo text in order to read it all.
Click to expand...
OK...Is there a way to limit the amount of Characters that you can type
into a Memo Field?
Thanks
DS
 
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