Store text file in workbook?
In an add-in I'm developing I'd like to pop up a user form that displays a
text file. The text file I want to display is a preformatted table about 20 rows by 40 columns. I have the user form set to a monospaced font. I thought about putting all the text into a single cell. But I couldn't easily put the carriage returns where I want them. It likes to do its own wrapping to fit the cell. I see I can insert a WordPad object onto a worksheet, but better would be a NotePad object. What's the best way to handle this? My next question will be how to print this text file, but how I end up storing it has to come first. Don <donwiss at panix.com. |
Store text file in workbook?
Don,
What about a RichTextText box on the user form ? NickHK "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... In an add-in I'm developing I'd like to pop up a user form that displays a text file. The text file I want to display is a preformatted table about 20 rows by 40 columns. I have the user form set to a monospaced font. I thought about putting all the text into a single cell. But I couldn't easily put the carriage returns where I want them. It likes to do its own wrapping to fit the cell. I see I can insert a WordPad object onto a worksheet, but better would be a NotePad object. What's the best way to handle this? My next question will be how to print this text file, but how I end up storing it has to come first. Don <donwiss at panix.com. |
Store text file in workbook?
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:48:59 +0800, NickHK wrote:
Don Wiss wrote: In an add-in I'm developing I'd like to pop up a user form that displays a text file. The text file I want to display is a preformatted table about 20 rows by 40 columns. I have the user form set to a monospaced font. I thought about putting all the text into a single cell. But I couldn't easily put the carriage returns where I want them. It likes to do its own wrapping to fit the cell. I see I can insert a WordPad object onto a worksheet, but better would be a NotePad object. What's the best way to handle this? What about a RichTextText box on the user form ? Why? A textbox works just fine. As long as I have my source data in a single file. Are you saying a richtextbox can take data coming from multiple spreadsheet cells? Don <donwiss at panix.com. |
Store text file in workbook?
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:48:59 +0800, NickHK wrote:
What about a RichTextText box on the user form ? What is a RichTextText box? I didn't see it in the User Form Toolbox. Don <donwiss at panix.com. |
Store text file in workbook?
Hi Don,
What is a RichTextText box? See MSDN: http://tinyurl.com/59rkf I didn't see it in the User Form Toolbox. Tools | Additional Controls | Check Microsoft Rich TextBox Control | OK --- Regards, Norman "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:48:59 +0800, NickHK wrote: What about a RichTextText box on the user form ? What is a RichTextText box? I didn't see it in the User Form Toolbox. Don <donwiss at panix.com. |
Store text file in workbook?
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Norman Jones wrote:
What is a RichTextText box? See MSDN: http://tinyurl.com/59rkf Okay. Thanks. But I don't see how this helps me. I don't want to load the text from a file. I want the add-in to be self contained. I don't need any of these extra features. I don't even need scroll bars, as all of the text will fit inside a large textbox. I suppose I can put the text with each line in a worksheet cell, then write a macro that reads the cells putting carriage return-line feed pairs between each line. Don <donwiss at panix.com. |
Store text file in workbook?
Hi Don,
My post was intended to address your two specific questions concerning the nature and availability of a RichTextBox rather than to respond to substantive issues raised in the earlier strands of your thread, which I had not followed. --- Regards, Norman "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Norman Jones wrote: What is a RichTextText box? See MSDN: http://tinyurl.com/59rkf Okay. Thanks. But I don't see how this helps me. I don't want to load the text from a file. I want the add-in to be self contained. I don't need any of these extra features. I don't even need scroll bars, as all of the text will fit inside a large textbox. I suppose I can put the text with each line in a worksheet cell, then write a macro that reads the cells putting carriage return-line feed pairs between each line. Don <donwiss at panix.com. |
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