Hi,

You need to use the MLINE() command to solve this. Works fine for me.

Rene

>Did you delete the original textbox in this column?
>
>I just thought about another idea, but it's not trivial. Set controlsource for the textbox to be 254 chars of the memo. On the click event of this textbox add Modify memo myMemo command and replace the content of the memo...
>
>>I have one but I still get the 'Memo', if is set the column to 'sparse' I get the same value in each row.
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>>I must have something set wrong somewhere
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>>Regards
>>Geoff Scott
>>
>>
>>>>No I need to edit it but that is not really the problem as I can pick that up by code in the click event. What my problem is is that I am getting the work "Memo" in my grid instead of the text.
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>>>In order to see the actual content of the memo in a grid, you have to place EditBox in the grid column instead of the textbox.
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>>>>
>>>>Which setting should I change???
>>>>
>>>>I'm sure I've done this before but my brian is an empty page at the moment.
>>>>
>>>>I have also seen a demo where the size of the columns resizes when the mouse goes over it but I cant find that either.
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>>>I haven't seen it, sorry. I guess, it's not that hard to write, but it would be better to find this class...
>>>>Ho Hum!!!
>>>>geoff Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>You can put EditBox for the column with Memo field instead of the standard textbox. If memo for display purpose only, you can show first 254 chars of it.
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm sure I've seen it done somewhere where one can display the contents of a memo field in a grid, but at the moment I cant quite track it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can someone please tell me what I should be doing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ta very muchly
>>>>>>Geoff Scott