Expand text box

[din2005]

Hi all i am using a continous form. Which shows patient data and address fields and so on. The problem i am having is that there are too many controls and it goes off screen. i.e u need a horizontal scrollbar to view other fields.

What i would like to do is if person clicks on the textbox it will expand vertically i.e can display text on 3 lines. if he click outside the control/loose focus i would like to revert back to its origional size!

Can this be done?

 

[PHV]

In the Click event procedure of the textbox:
SendKeys "+{F2}"

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[ZmrAbdulla]

I don't think it can be.
I am using a simple method to show all the data in the ZoomBox
here is an example

Private Sub WorkToBeDone_Click()
    DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoomBox
End Sub

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[din2005]

thanks guys for the replys!

Could i somehow use control tip and view like that?

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

Me.WorkToBeDone.ControlTipText = Me.WorkToBeDone.Value

not working well with continues form. Try it on different events of the control.

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