Counting number of lines

[cyberbob999]

I have a form that is viewed in continuous forms. One value (txtComment) varies in length from only a few words to 3 or 4 sentences. Ideally what I'd like to do is vary the size of the text box on the form such to fit the amount of text. Something like the cangrow property would be nice (perhaps such a property exists for screen display, but I can't find it).

However, what I've done is just pick an intermediate sized text box and then use the scroll bars if necessary. If the amount of text is larger than the text box, at first glance it's not obvious that there is more to be read. So, what I'd like to do (assuming I can't figure out how to make the text box variably sized) is to be able to count the number of lines within the text box and if it exceeds 4 (the size of the box) then a "more" label will be enabled that shows that there is more text to read. I can't seem to figure out an easy way to count the number of lines within the text box, though... any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[hneal98]

The CanGrow property does exist for a text box. Make sure in the property dialog box, you are looking under the "Format" tabl or the "All" tab.

 

[cyberbob999]

Yeah, I know that the cangrow property exists for a text box, but isn't that ONLY for printing? I know that when I set it to yes it makes no difference (on the screen) and the desciption specifically says "Control or section expands vertically when printed to fit text"