glow or differentiate a particular word in a text line

[shanmugham]

Dear friends

i am using vb6, access 97, ADO & msflexgrid

displaying lines in grid lines

using this following commands

sstring is a text (approx 500 chrs)

phrase = sString
blankposition = InStr(1, phrase, vbCrLf)
While blankposition <> 0
nextword = Left$(phrase, blankposition - 1)
str1 = nextword)
gcfc.TextMatrix(lpcount, 3) = str1
gcfc.Rows = gcfc.Rows + 1
lpcount = lpcount + 1
phrase = Right$(phrase, Len(phrase) - blankposition)
blankposition = InStr(1, phrase, vbCrLf)
Wend

str1 = phrase
gcfc.TextMatrix(lpcount, 3) = str1
gcfc.Rows = gcfc.Rows + 1
lpcount = lpcount + 1

I WANT TO GLOW A PARTICULAR WORD IN A LINE OR DIFFERENTIATE A PARTICULAR WORD IN A LINE

HOW TO DO THIS

thanks in advance

SHAN

 

[shanmugham]

pl help

 

[MichaelRed]

In general, Ms. Controls (with the exception of the rtfText control) do not provide the capability to apply different properties to substrings within the specific instantation of the control (or for multi-part controls, the specific part of the control). While I am not certain of the various grid controls, I believe this is true for the MS supplied ones and at least MOST of the third party ones as well. To achieve some 'effect' similar to this, you might -if you are QUITE determined- try to make a boarderless text box and position it over the desired 'word' and manipulate it's content and properties to APPEAR to be what ever you want. A &quot;similar&quot; technique is shown in some tutorial / third party text to provide an 'editable' cell in an otherwise uneditable grid. I have also seen a combo box used in this manner - however both of these involoved covering the entire CELL of the grid with the alternate control, so covering a specific word within a cell would be a bit more in setting the position. Further, you need to track any possible scrolling of the grid and shadow this with the superimposed control.




MichaelRed
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