Solved: FORMATTING A TEXT BOX

[GaryB]

Hi!

Is there any way to format a text box to have columns?

Thanks,

Gary

[HiTechCoach]

There is not a built in way to handle columns with the native text box control.

By columns are you wanting to enter data formatted into columns like you could do in a word processor like Word?

If it we mine I would use a database method. That would be to use a child table to store each item as a separate record. Then you can use the report's feature to create the columns. This also makes the data searchable and more re-usable that just a huge amount of text.

[GaryB]

Hi Boyd,

Thanks for the reply. If this were something I would need to catalog I would agree with what you are saying, but, this is just a description box on a job folder. What I ended up doing is placing two description boxes as memo fields next to each other and kind of created two columns that way. Not the most technical, but, it works.

Thanks,

Gary

[HiTechCoach]

With only two fields that should be fine. If you need more than two then a separate table would be best.

[GaryB]

Thanks for the insight.

[HiTechCoach]

Gary,

You're welcome.