Text Direction

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Bill

In A2K, the HELP text is very clear about changing
the text direction via the "ReadingOrder" box in the
property sheet for the text box. However, when I
display the "All" tab for the text box, there isn't any
"ReadingOrder" property.

What gives?
 
well, it *is* listed in the Properties box in Access 2003; i don't have a
copy of A2000 to see if you've just overlooked it. suggest you check to see
if the property is available in VBA, by just going to any existing procedure
in the form's module, and typing in

Me!ControlName.

substitute the correct control name, of course. when you type the dot, you
should get a droplist of available properties. type the "r" next (no quotes,
of course), and the list should move to the R's. see if ReadingOrder is
listed; if so, you can manipulate the property from code, even though it's
not listed in the Properties box in form design view.

hth
 
Tina,
The only property that I get with the dropdown in code is Report
and Requery. I tried that on both a label and text control.
Bill
 
wow, that sounds really strange. you should get a long list of properties,
including all the properties that show in the Properties box in form Design
view. did you follow the directions i post, exactly? if so, i'm pretty well
stumped. have you compiled your database? i'm wondering if you have missing
references that could account for all those properties missing from the
"list" in the module.

hth
 
Your instructions were very clear. I do some amount of VBA
development, so I'm very familiar with what you had in mind
to check the properties. I'll poke around to see if there is
perhaps a missing reference.
Bill
 
Tina,
Somehow, the HELP text that I looked at on O2K must have gotten
updated to reflect either XP or 2003 functionality. Anyway, I finally
took the time to install O2003 and the "ReadOrder" property in fact
shows up as expected.

We'll never know exactly what series of Office updates slipped in a
"foul-ball" relating to text direction.

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.

Bill
 
How do I change text direction in a table, not a chart? "Format" doesn't
have the option, "Text Direction".
 
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