Textbox API????

[rudvs2]

Hi all

Does anyone know if there is a way (API I ASSUME) to force a text box to multiline mode dynamically during runtime??

This is a read only property at run time so trying to change it the conventional way doesnt work

also it would be usefull to be able to dynamically add the scrollbars during run time as well

Thanks for any feedback

[Mc Brain]

Why don't you set it as Multiline = True in design time?

[Mc Brain]

Whenever you want your textbox not to be multiline, remove all the vbCrLf from it.

[rudvs2]

thanks Mc Brain but thats no use to me

Im actually trying to create a custom control that has a textbox in it

I need the custom control to be able to set the properties of the textbox

Now becasue the textbox multiline and scrollbars properties are read only at run time i cant do this using the normal methods in the custom control

Thats why i was hoping I could do it via a windows hook or API routine

[Mc Brain]

Well... that puts things into perspective. Well, I guess the only solution (if no API exists) would be to create your own textcontrol.... for your custom control. That would be weird: A custom control, for your custom control.

[rudvs2]

Originally posted by Mc Brain
Well... that puts things into perspective. Well, I guess the only solution (if no API exists) would be to create your own textcontrol.... for your custom control. That would be weird: A custom control, for your custom control.

Doh!!

Umm that sounds like waaaayyyyyyy to much hard work lol

I might have a solution already though

I have found an api that counts number of lines in a textbox and one that tells you what line you are on

I might combine the two api methods to create a scroll effect and have a vbcrlf trap routine which fires if i have a multiline property set to false

This then brings me to my next question.

Does anyone have any experience with creating custom scrollbars??