making fields larger on a form

[Carolyn]

I would like to have a way to make certain fields on a
form larger to view the entire text in the field. I
don't always want the field to be enlarged, just at the
time the user wants to read all of the information. The
help feature in Access says you can use shift+F2 to zoom
on the field, which works fine. However, is there a way
to make a command button or something that just requires
a click to make it happen (so users don't have to
remember shift+F2)? Thanks.

 

[Rick Brandt]

It's easier to use the Double-click event of the control so it will already have
focus. Then just use code. . .

DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoomBox

 

[Carolyn]

Thanks that's elegant and simple.

-----Original Message-----
Here's one solution: Put code in the DoubleClick event of that textbox that
will open another form in Dialog mode that contains nothing but a huge
textbox and a Done button.

There are many other ways you can solve your problem ...

hth
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-Larry-
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[Carolyn]

Thank you!!!! This worked like a charm. I'd never
entered my own code (even if it was just pasting it in)
so it was very cool to see it work. Thanks again!