textboxes resize within a form

[zela]

I have this text box which display multiple lines from a text file on my form, I want the box resize as the form gets resize without cutting any text in it, the textbox display multiple line of text and i want a textwrapping feature if it possible on the text box when the form gets resize, is there anyway i can do this.

Thanks

[debasisdas]

You need to hook up the height and width property of the text box with that of the containing form. Handle that in the form_resize event.

[zela]

Thanks, but could you please give a coded example, i tried so many times but could not quite work it out. Well, my form has a list box and a RTB which i need to resize and the text inside the RTB to be wrap as the form gets resize without cutting the boxes.

When i gets resize it gives runtime error '380' Invalid property value, would be very grateful if you could help me on this.

Thanx

[Pgmer]

Why cant u try Richtextbox with Scrollbars?

[BitBlt]

Post the code you already have, so we can see what you're trying.

[hkdani]

When doing resizing in VB6 you need to be careful to include an On Error
statement. The following example illustrates how to resize a text box to
correspond with the size of the form as it resizes. You need to do similar
coding to deal with height. The principles shown here can be applied to other
controls.

But you need to establish original values and save them for future calculations
within the resize event of the form.

Option Explicit
Private lngOrigTxtWidth As Long
Private lngOrigFormWidth As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
    lngOrigTxtWidth = Text1.Width
    lngOrigFormWidth = Form1.Width
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Resize()
    On Error GoTo Resize_Error
    Dim lngNewWidth As Long
    ' use ratios to calculate a new value.
    ' lngOrigTxtWidth / lngOrigFormWidth = Unknown / me.ScaleWidth
    ' Unknown = me.scalewidth * (lngOrigTxtWidth/lngOrigFormWidth)
    lngNewWidth = ScaleWidth * (lngOrigTxtWidth / lngOrigFormWidth)
    Text1.Width = lngNewWidth
    Exit Sub
Resize_Error:
    Debug.Print Err.Description
End Sub

Sometimes when resizing you come up with invalid values that don't make sense:
i.e., division by zero, etc.

[Deepak Shitole]

Dear Friend,

In my example origional left position of text is 0
and i am maintaining the width of text box as per the form's size.
using the following line of code.

Private Sub Form_Resize()
    Text1.Width = Me.Width - 200
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Text1.Width = Me.Width - 200
End Sub

In case of any issue please feel free to ask me