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Easy way to toggle edit box size
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From
08/11/1998 20:27:18
 
 
To
06/11/1998 22:17:41
Chris Crachiolo
Blackmoor Associates Incorporated
New York City, New York, United States
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00155451
Message ID:
00155610
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21
>Here's a tip that others may find useful. It might be a yawner to the vastly experienced, but hey, I'm just trying to contribute!
>
>Ever had a really crowded form that you had to place an edit box on? Here's an easy way to allow the user to toggle the size of the edit box, without adding any extra controls. Place code similar to the following in the edit box's DblClick event.
>
>
>IF THIS.Height < 60 && normal size
> THIS.Height = THIS.Height+200
> THIS.Top=THIS.Top-200
> THIS.Width = THIS.Width+200
>ELSE
> THIS.Height = THIS.Height-200
> THIS.Top=THIS.Top+200
> THIS.Width = THIS.Width-200
>ENDIF
>
>
>Since my edit box is in the lower left corner of the form, I had to adjust the Top property, so that the edit box wouldn't expand beyond the bottom of the form. (Adding to the Height and Width expands the box downward and rightward, respectively.)




Good! ^-^;

In File section, txtEval.zip also got this behaviour and allow user simply change the new property to adjust on Focus width expand ratio! Default is 3 times.
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