>>I've got a form that we use in our program to get a raw look at the table (ie, as if you just type USE TABLE, and BROW). Well, we are using the basic Grid control, and found a small problem. You can't view Memo fields with it.
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>>We have the exact same functionality in the DOS version of our program, but there we just use a BROWSE command, which lets you do a CTRL+HOME to view a memo field.
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>>Since our Grid is used to view whatever files we want, it's very generic, and has no pre-defined columns (so I can't put code in the double click or key press of the textbox control that will display the contents on the memo field).
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>>Has anyone ran into this before? I'd imagine it's a rather rare problem, seeing as how you usually wouldn't use a grid to display memo data.
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>>TIA!
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>Scott,
>Normally you don't need to do anything special if dblclick satisfies you. When content is memo or general default grid dblclcik action is to open it in window.
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>You could do a few things alternatively :
>-Instead of textbox use an editbox control for memo field.
>-Place editbox controls on form for memo fields and afterrocolchange refresh.
>Cetin

It is the default action of a grid to open a memo field if you double click on it? Hrm. I wonder why it's not doing that for me. Thanks for the info, I'm going to do some tests and see if I can get the double click thing working.