Standard "Rich Text" control

[KHazen]

Is there a standard control, to be used in a MS Access 2003 Form, to perform text input with things like bold, italic, hyperlinks etc.? Only a part of the text should be bold (or italic etc.). If so, can you give me the name of the dll, ocx (or whatever it may be)?

 

[Golom]

There is the Rich Text Box. It is in Richtx32.ocx and it is usually in C:\Windows\System32.

 

[KHazen]

Golom,

I tried Richtx32.ocx (Control 6.0 (SP4)) . The problem is that I want a part of the text in bold and another part Italic etc. With the standard I Use the whole text is bold (or italic). Is there a better control?

 

[MajP]

FYI. If your upgrading any time soon to A2007 this is now a native feature that allows you to do this type of formatting.

 

[Golom]

The richtextbox can handle that

RTB.Text = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."
RTB.SelStart = 0
RTB.SelLength = 10
RTB.SelColor = vbRed

RTB.SelStart = 11
RTB.SelLength = 12
RTB.SelBold = True

RTB.SelStart = 24
RTB.SelLength = 10
RTB.SelItalic = True

RTB.SelStart = 35
RTB.SelLength = 88
RTB.SelColor = vbBlue

Results in

[red]Now is the[/red] [b]time for all[/b] [i]good men to[/i] [blue]come to the aid of their party.[/blue]

 

[KHazen]

Golom and MajP,
Thanks.

Golom,
I have a problem (on my machine) with the control. (everything is bold or everything is italic) For a programmer (like you and me) there is a solution. But for the end-user there is at this moment no solution. I think the end-user would like to use the standard formatting toolbars.

 

[KHazen]

Hello,

I found a control on the site

http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm

I try the examples. Unless someone gives me a "working" standard control, I consider this item as closed. Many thanks for reading.