Scroll bars in text box

[David Worledge]

I want to add a vertical scroll bar to some text boxes on
a form. Setting the scroll bars property in the text box
property list to 'vertical' does not work. I have other
forms in the same database which have text boxes with
vertical scroll bars working just fine, but there is no
difference that I can see in the whole set of properties
for either the text box controls or the forms. The irony
is that I discovered a few months ago how to fix the
problem, but have now forgotten.

[chriske911]

maybe the data behind those textboxes is a memo field ?
that way you get a scrollbar automatically when inserting the field in your
forms

grtz
"David Worledge" <dworledge@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I want to add a vertical scroll bar to some text boxes on
> a form. Setting the scroll bars property in the text box
> property list to 'vertical' does not work. I have other
> forms in the same database which have text boxes with
> vertical scroll bars working just fine, but there is no
> difference that I can see in the whole set of properties
> for either the text box controls or the forms. The irony
> is that I discovered a few months ago how to fix the
> problem, but have now forgotten.

[David Worledge]

No, it is enabled and not locked. I can scroll through
the items (which are in a list which is longer than the
text box height) by holding down the left mouse button and
placing the cursor near the bottom of the box. That works
but it's hokey. I know there is a simple switch somewhere
to fix it because I had the problem on another form about
a year ago and eventually solved it.

>-----Original Message-----
>Is the control locked or disabled?
>
>--
> Ken Snell
><MS ACCESS MVP>
>
>"David Worledge" <dworledge@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:02a301c34bd2$1a5e5130$a401280a@phx.gbl...

>> I want to add a vertical scroll bar to some text boxes

on

>> a form. Setting the scroll bars property in the text

box

>> property list to 'vertical' does not work. I have other
>> forms in the same database which have text boxes with
>> vertical scroll bars working just fine, but there is no
>> difference that I can see in the whole set of properties
>> for either the text box controls or the forms. The

irony

>> is that I discovered a few months ago how to fix the
>> problem, but have now forgotten.

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