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What is the maximum text length in VBA textbox control on an MS Access Form?

Zones: Access Coding/Macros, VB Controls, VB Database Programming

Tags: Microsoft, Access, 2003, Using VBA

I code normally in Visual Basic 6.0. The textbox control in VB has a multiline parameter and the maximum text length seems to be very large (64kb I think) However, in VBA (Visual Basic Access) the textbox control does not have a multiline parameter and.. the maximum length of the text seems to be somewhere around 2048 characters (get error 2176) if try to put more text than that.
Can someone tell me how to add the normal MS textbox control (API version) or get the VB 6.0 textbox control added to VBA (my access project)?
I am building a long list of text lines from a file for a user to view, but I get the error 2176 after about 2048 characters. I need at least 10,000 characters.
Thanks

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Zone: Microsoft

Question Asked By: scifair

Solution Provided By: rockiroads

Participating Experts: 2

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03.18.2008 at 03:25PM PDT, ID: 21156653

Rank: Guru

rockiroads:

what about using a rich text box control?

03.18.2008 at 03:49PM PDT, ID: 21156931

scifair:

I tried to add that control to my Access Form (from get more controls) but got a message that my access application "does not support this active X control" and I do not know which reference to add in VBA to be able to use it - or - I do not know why I get the message. Also, if I do get that to work, how do I know that the target PCs (not mine) will have the correct DLL or whatever is required to use the control?

03.18.2008 at 03:52PM PDT, ID: 21156970

scifair:

I found an example of how to add the Microsoft OS API for messagebox (vs msgbox) that allowed me to do a non-modal message box in Access VBA, so I though I could do the same with the textbox and get the OS version. Would that be a solution, and if so, how do I add it to my code?

03.18.2008 at 04:28PM PDT, ID: 21157183

Rank: Sage

LSMConsulting:

As rocki said, use a richtextbox control ... I have no idea what good a messagbox API would be for this, but be aware that Access is quite finicky in regards to ActiveX controls (even those which come from MS).

Stephen Lebans has a great example of using a RichTextBox:

www.lebans.com\richtextbox.htm

In regards to distribution - you would need the rights to distribute the RTB; generally this comes with the Office Developer's Edition, or with VB 6.0 ... if you don't have either of those, there's always www.fmsinc.com and their Total Access Memo ... pricey, but very nice.

03.18.2008 at 04:54PM PDT, ID: 21157310

scifair:

Lets forget rich textbox. I do not have the rights to distribute, nor do I have the $ to purchase as my coding is volunteer for a state science fair. I looked at www.lebans.com/richtext.htm and that is big overkill. Also I don't need anything finicky for sure. So, I will spend a few days researching more. In the mean time ,if anyone can share how I can just use the VB 6.0 textbox control in Access VBA that would solve the problem. Should be some reference to add to get the control to show up in VBA 'more controls'
I will be away from computer a lot so may not get back quickly to replys.

03.18.2008 at 05:35PM PDT, ID: 21157543

Rank: Guru

rockiroads:

Apologies for my dumbness here as its been over a year since I last used Access - some might say that is a good thing :)

Multilines should exist in Access textbox, certainly when typing you can hit alt-enter to get a new line.

Anyways, not sure if this would work for you, use of a memo field, not sure if that would do 10k lines.

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03.18.2008 at 06:00PM PDT, ID: 21157667

scifair:

My apologies also, Multiline had nothing to do with this (my memory of VB 6 was mistaken). Yes, the VBA textbox is multiline,and I have that working.
The Problem is the limit of the amount of text that can be put into the textbox
In VB 6.0 you can set max and ... it can be very large (64kb?)...
in VBA it is limited to ~2048 characters (no documentation - just get an error if try to do more).
In VBA, there is no property to set or expand the limit.
I will look at memo field in a table, bound to the textbox and see if can get more characters.
Will get back probably tomorrow.

03.18.2008 at 09:40PM PDT, ID: 21158553

scifair:

I did manage a work around using a memo field which holds upt to 64kb of characters.
Thanks

03.18.2008 at 09:43PM PDT, ID: 21158566

scifair:

I would still like to know if I can add a VB 6.0 textbox to VBA for access. I will open a new question for that one later

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