formatting textboxes

I am rendering a report in VS 2003 and I need to know:
1) If it's possible to combine two different text formats in one textbox?
Sample database field = Notes.description
I want to be able to manually add the word "Notes: " (which I want to be
bold) in front of the data that's in the Notes.description field (which I
want to be normal) and appear as one group of text. I tried {="Notes: " +
Fields!Description.Value} but the format applies to the entire box. The only
way I have found to work around this is to have two side by side textboxes.
Is this possible to do without the side by side textboxes? Sometimes the
text in the Notes.description field will be long, and if the textboxes are
side by side, I won't get the text to appear as though it is "wrapping"
around the "Notes:" textbox.
2) Also, when I do need to use the side by side textboxes, is it possible
to dynamically move the position of the second textbox according to the
growth and shrinkage of the first? I would like for the text in the second
box to always come immediately after the text in the first box, no matter how
long or short the leading textbox is.
Please advise if you can.
Thanks.Like you, I tried to apply different formats to text within a textbox.
I even tried embeding html code to change the format and the code and
text would show. I concluded it just can't be done.
As for q-2, dynamicly changing the textbox postion may be possible in
a list but not in tables or matrix.
Mark
On Fri, 5 May 2006 14:51:02 -0700, dataGirl
<dataGirl@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I am rendering a report in VS 2003 and I need to know:
>1) If it's possible to combine two different text formats in one textbox?
>Sample database field = Notes.description
>I want to be able to manually add the word "Notes: " (which I want to be
>bold) in front of the data that's in the Notes.description field (which I
>want to be normal) and appear as one group of text. I tried {="Notes: " +
>Fields!Description.Value} but the format applies to the entire box. The only
>way I have found to work around this is to have two side by side textboxes.
>Is this possible to do without the side by side textboxes? Sometimes the
>text in the Notes.description field will be long, and if the textboxes are
>side by side, I won't get the text to appear as though it is "wrapping"
>around the "Notes:" textbox.
>2) Also, when I do need to use the side by side textboxes, is it possible
>to dynamically move the position of the second textbox according to the
>growth and shrinkage of the first? I would like for the text in the second
>box to always come immediately after the text in the first box, no matter how
>long or short the leading textbox is.
>Please advise if you can.
>Thanks.
>
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