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DetailsView Field Scroll Bar

Is it possible to have one fo the fields in a DetailsView scroll when the data is too large to display.  i am currently using all "databound" fields.  I have a summary field that I would like to remain approximately 3-5 lines in hieght and a scroll bar appears when the data returned is larger than that amount of lines.
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That will be a fixed height textbox.  To allow it to shrink if less than 5 rows, use the DetaiView's DataBound event.
    Protected Sub TheDetailsView_DataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TheDetailsView.DataBound
        Dim T As TextBox = CType(sender, DetailsView).FindControl("txtDataField")
        If Not T Is Nothing Then
            Dim X As Integer = T.Text.Length \ T.Columns
            If X < 3 Then
                T.TextMode = TextBoxMode.SingleLine
                T.Height = New Unit(42, UnitType.Pixel)
            ElseIf X < 5 Then
                T.TextMode = TextBoxMode.SingleLine
                T.Height = New Unit((X + 1) * 14, UnitType.Pixel)
            Else
                T.TextMode = TextBoxMode.MultiLine
                T.Height = Nothing
                T.Rows = 5
            End If
        End If
    End Sub

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