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highlight new items in listbox

Is it possible to set the text format to bold for individual rows in a list box?

I am trying to recreate something like Outlook in an Access form, and so I want new entries in the list box to appear in bold, until they are clicked on (like new emails are in bold in Outlook). Is this possible?

rockiroads

Not sure if that is possible, because I think the font properties apply to all entries in a listbox

Have you thought of using the FlexGrid, its more powerful because of its formatting features
or maybe the listview control (reference "Microsoft Widows Common Controls" )

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nexusnation

try modifying the code above to find the selected item and unbold it.

For Each li In lstView.ListItems
If li.Text = "Row2" Then
li.Bold = False
Next

li.ForeColor = vbRed
li.Bold = True
End If
Next

nexusnation

try modifying the code above to find the selected item and unbold it.

For Each li In lstView.ListItems
If li.Text = "Row2" Then
li.Bold = False
Next

li.ForeColor = vbRed
li.Bold = True
End If
Next

nexusnation

oops, that was a mispost.

For Each li In lstView.ListItems
If li.Text = Me.lstView.ItemData(Me.lstView.Selected(x)) Then
li.Bold = False
Exit For
End If
Next

I don't know (or even think) that this will work because I used some properties/collections that I don't think that are for list view, but I'm not sure.

Andrew

rockiroads

I created a sample form and put that code in, it seems to work for me