Bolding Text via Format Function

[Chopper]

I have a text box on a report, that is populated with a string based on certain criteria.&nbsp;&nbsp;The string is rather long (several sentences), and I would like some of the text that is displayed to be in bold font.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Does anyone know of a good way to do this?<br><br>I had anticipated I could use the format function, as in:<br><br>me.txtTextbox = &quot;Some text.&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot; & format(&quot;I want this to be bold.&quot;, &quot;BoldFace&quot & &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;The rest of my text that is not bold&quot;<br><br>I do not want to have to use more than one text box to display my text, and the textbox must be populated via code.<br><br>Any help is greatly appreciated.<br><br>-Chopper

 

[vbaprogammer]

You might think about using multiple text boxes, positioned on your form, and change the font for each separate text box.<br><br>For example, <br>¦Test Box 1 - normal¦ ¦Text Box 2 - Bold¦ ¦TextBox 3 - normal¦, all on one line.

 

[Chopper]

Macrodan,<br><br>Thanks for the response, however, I cannot use multiple textboxes, as I fill the text box with one of several paragraphs of text, each of varying length.&nbsp;&nbsp;Part of the paragraph is bold, and part is not.&nbsp;&nbsp;If I use multiple text boxes, there will be undesireable blank space within the paragraph.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Since posting this yesterday, I read that one could use a blank picture in lieu of a text box and use the print command to print lines of text to it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then, one of sentences could use bold text while the others do not.&nbsp;&nbsp;Has anyone heard of this, or better yet, used it?<br><br>-Chopper

 

[Chopper]

Macrodan,<br><br>Thanks for the response, however, I cannot use multiple textboxes, as I fill the text box with one of several paragraphs of text, each of varying length.&nbsp;&nbsp;Part of the paragraph is bold, and part is not.&nbsp;&nbsp;If I use multiple text boxes, there will be undesireable blank space within the paragraph.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Since posting this yesterday, I read that one could use a blank picture in lieu of a text box and use the print command to print lines of text to it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then, one of sentences could use bold text while the others do not.&nbsp;&nbsp;Has anyone heard of this, or better yet, used it?<br><br>-Chopper

 

[Jn88]

Use a rich text box there you can format in code any part of text you want