Text Box Issue

[Carrie]

I used the form wizard to create my form, when it comes to my text boxes
(comment fields) I change the properties to grow Yes and shrink Yes. However,
they are not. Am I missing something?

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

I used the form wizard to create my form, when it comes to my text boxes
(comment fields) I change the properties to grow Yes and shrink Yes.
However,
they are not. Am I missing something?

On forms, the CanGrow and CanShrink properties only apply when the form is
printed, not when it is displayed in form view.

 

[Al Campagna]

Carrie,
Grow and Shrink do not apply to form view.
It does apply to printing a form.
Do a Print Preview of your form, and the control will grow/shrink
according to it's text length.

Note: Printing forms is not recommended. Better to create a report for
whatever printing you need to do.
--
hth
Al Campagna
Microsoft Access MVP
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions/index.html

"Find a job that you love... and you'll never work a day in your life."

 

[Tom van Stiphout]

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:16:10 -0700, Carrie

You apparently misunderstand what these properties do. Please check
with the Help file:
Gets or sets whether the specified control automatically adjusts
vertically to print or preview all the data the control contains

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[Al Campagna]

Linq,
That's true, but I don't see how that pertains to this question.
The OP wanted to know why Grow and Shirnk doesn't work in form View.
--
hth
Al Campagna
Microsoft Access MVP
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions/index.html

"Find a job that you love... and you'll never work a day in your life."

 

[Damon Heron]

Al, the idea is that the OP wanted "can grow" to reveal data that otherwise
wasn't visible. So a zoom box will show it.

Damon