Access 2003 & Rich Text Fields

[Alan B. Densky]

About a month ago I wrote in requesting how to make RTF fields work in
Access 2003. The response to my question is included below in this posting.
And I thank Benoit Compoint for that response.

However, I'm not willing to use HTML for notes fields in customer & supplier
records in an accounting system, and therefore I made the registry hack.
The link to the KB article doesn't work, so I really didn't know what to
modify the key value to. It was 400, and I changed it to 0. While this
allowed the RTF field to work, I'm still having a major problem as long as
the rtf fields are in the forms and reports in the database and I try to run
it under A 2003 (it's fine under A 2002, A 2000, and A 97).

The problem is that as long as the RTF ActiveX controls are in the database,
A 2003 sees the database as being corrupted. When I remove all of the RTF
ActiveX controls, that problem goes away and it seems to be fine under A
2003.

So my question is: Are there more registry hacks that need to be made? How
do I go about getting my RTF fields to work under A 2003?

Thanks in advance,
Alan B. Densky

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Hello, RichTextBox control comprises access methods to the files (in
particular LoadFile and SaveFile) which make it potentially dangerous within
the framework of a Web application. For this reason, Microsoft prevents its
execution in Internet.

To explore by using the method described in the base of Microsoft knowledge
(technical article 240797), by fixing the value of the entry "Compatibility
Flags" in the following under-key of the base of register:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX
Compatibility\{3B7C8860-D78F-101B-B9B5-04021C009402}

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;FR;240797

Microsoft reinforced the safety of Microsoft Access in the version 2003. One
of the additional safety measures is that Access 2003 holds account of the
restrictions forced on Internet To explore in the under-key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility an administrator of the Windows station can
modify the value of this entry "Compatibility Flags". But I disadvise to you
making it since this would weaken the safety offered by Access 2003 and
Internet To explore. I rather advise you to give up format rtf with the
profit of a more recent format: HTML. You could then use, for example,
control ActiveX "WebBrowser control" to post the text formatted in HTML

 

[Stephen Lebans]

Have you tried my Rich Text control? It's free and works under A2003.
http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm
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Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
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[Alan B. Densky]

Hi Stephen,

Yes, I have used your control in other projects but have never tried it in A
2003. I have Version 1.8. I know that with your control, you right-click
to bring up a pop-up menu and that it works very well. As a matter of fact,
I was on your web site earlier today to see what you had to say about A 2003
and this problem. But I didn't see anything on this specific topic.

When I added the MS RTF to my accounting system back in A 97, I created
buttons that are attached to the form that holds the RTF field. The buttons
(that look just like the toolbar in Word) control the font attributes, etc.
Since this is an application that I resell, and my users are not very
sophisticated, they seem to like the buttons on the form because they look
like the toolbar that they are used to in Word.

So I have two questions for you:
1. Is there a way to control the font attributes from buttons on the form?
2. Does the registry have to be hacked, as described below? And if so, do
you have the hack listed on your site?

Stephen,
Thanks in advance for your help.

PS. I enjoy the stuff that you have available, and I've used the wheel-mouse
code, and some other stuff in the past. You definitely do some great work.

 

[Alan B. Densky]

Stephen,

I just downloaded the whole file rather then just the ActiveX control and I
answered my own question #1. However, I only tried it on an A 2000 machine.
I'll try it out on an A 2003 machine tomorrow.

So I still have the question:

2. Does the registry on an A 2003 machine have to be hacked, as described
below? And if so, do
you have the hack listed on your site anywhere because I didn't see it?

Thanks again,

Alan B. Densky

 

[Stephen Lebans]

There is no such modification required for my control.

Good luck with your project.

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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

 

[Alan B. Densky]

Thanks Stephen!

Alan

There is no such modification required for my control.

Good luck with your project.

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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.