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From: Janie on 7 May 2010 18:19 working in A97 ... supposedly Form Caption length max is 2048 characters --- mine is only allowing 110 characters .. any ideas why?
From: Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com on 7 May 2010 18:41 Form Captions too long to be displayed are truncated by Access. The question to my mind is why in the world would you need a form caption as long as or longer than 110 characters? -- There's ALWAYS more than one way to skin a cat! Answers/posts based on Access 2000/2003 Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com
From: Janie on 10 May 2010 09:21 1) if HELP says the caption can be 2048 characters, than why the truncation .... especially since the FORM is 8 inches wide -- there is ample room for a 120 character caption 2) why I need/want a longer caption is really immaterial .. but if you MUST know, it is a positioning issue, I prefer this particular bit of caption info (which is dynamic and changes as the user is working) to be centered on the title bar -- better visual appeal. So, theoretical I should be able to define my caption as Space(80) & strCaption with strCaption being a 35 to 40 character phrase. Sadly, the last 5 to 10 characters are evaporating. So, tell me something I DON'T already know "Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com" wrote: > Form Captions too long to be displayed are truncated by Access. The question > to my mind is why in the world would you need a form caption as long as or > longer than 110 characters? > > -- > There's ALWAYS more than one way to skin a cat! > > Answers/posts based on Access 2000/2003 > > Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com > > . >
From: John W. Vinson on 10 May 2010 11:40 On Mon, 10 May 2010 06:21:01 -0700, Janie <Janie(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I prefer this particular bit of caption info >(which is dynamic and changes as the user is working) to be centered on the >title bar -- better visual appeal. Captions tend to be static parts of the form object itself; if this is dynamic and changeable, perhaps it would be easier to use an unbound Textbox or Label control instead, and dynamically set its value or caption as you prefer. Either a textbox or label can be set centered of course. -- John W. Vinson [MVP]
From: Janie on 10 May 2010 12:50
well, then it isn't in the Title Bar, then is it? Also, since the Form Caption supposedly can be up to 2048 characters, I have yet to hear a reasonable explanation why an 8 inch wide form is dropping everything after the 110th character .. which is the orignal question. I can come up with workarounds galore that do not involve the Title Bar or the Form Caption property ... but that is not satisfying the question nor the intellectual curiosity to understand this behavior. "John W. Vinson" wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2010 06:21:01 -0700, Janie <Janie(a)discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: > > >I prefer this particular bit of caption info > >(which is dynamic and changes as the user is working) to be centered on the > >title bar -- better visual appeal. > > Captions tend to be static parts of the form object itself; if this is dynamic > and changeable, perhaps it would be easier to use an unbound Textbox or Label > control instead, and dynamically set its value or caption as you prefer. > Either a textbox or label can be set centered of course. > -- > > John W. Vinson [MVP] > . > |