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Topic: Multiline Item

Posted By: jpbro
Subject: Multiline Item
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 8:27pm

I've got a property grid as follows:


   With Me.gridOwner
      .VariableItemsHeight = True
      
      Set objCat = .AddCategory("Contact Information")
      With objCat
         .Expandable = False
         .Expanded = True
      End With
      
      Set objItem = objCat.AddChildItem(PropertyItemString, "Main Contact Name", "")
      
      Set objItem = objCat.AddChildItem(PropertyItemString, "Company", "")
      
      Set objItem = objCat.AddChildItem(PropertyItemString, "Mailing Address", "")
      With objItem
         .MultiLinesCount = 3
      End With
      
      
   End With

The grid appears as expected, and the third child item is a multiline edit box that allows 3 lines of text (so far so good). The only problem is that the user must press Ctrl+Enter instead of just Enter to enter multiple lines of text in the multiline item.

Is there any way to have the Enter key go to the next line in a multiline edit item, or are we stuck with Ctrl+Enter (that is, is it a training issue)?

Thanks a lot.

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Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6
Platform: Windows XP - SP3

Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

Replies:

Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 10:39pm

Jason,

I am afraid you will get stuck with Ctrl-Enter for now.

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Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 15.0.2
Platform: Windows XP (32bit) - SP 2
Language: Visual Basic 6.0

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Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 1:15am

There is workaround

Const ES_WANTRETURN = &H1000

Item.MultiLinesCount = 3
Item.EditStyle = ES_WANTRETURN

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: 30 May 2008 at 5:06am

Hi,

Thanks Олег

Are there more workarounds we don't know of?

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Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 15.0.2
Platform: Windows XP (32bit) - SP 2
Language: Visual Basic 6.0

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Posted By: jpbro
Date Posted: 30 May 2008 at 8:57am

Perfect Oleg, thanks!

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Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 16.2.6
Platform: Windows XP - SP3

Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 30 May 2008 at 3:10pm

Hi,

EditStyleWantReturn "officially" added to 12.0.1 :-)

Sorry about such hacks.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: 01 June 2008 at 12:45am

oleg wrote:

Hi,

Sorry about such hacks.

Hi Oleg

That's OK.

I have been working several years with MS controls so I'm used to it

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Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 15.0.2
Platform: Windows XP (32bit) - SP 2
Language: Visual Basic 6.0

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