ACC2000: Contents of Rich TextBox Control Not Viewable in Report

You cannot see the contents of an embedded Microsoft Rich TextBox ActiveX Control when you Print Preview a report.

FMS, Inc. has a RichText control available that does not result in the behavior described in this article. The control is available as part of their "Total Access Memo" product. For more information, visit the FMS, Inc. Web site at http://www.fmsinc.com.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
2. In the Database window, click Reports under Objects, and then click New. In the New Report dialog box, click Design View. In the Choose the table or query where the object's data comes from box, select Employees, and then click OK.
3. On the Insert menu, click ActiveX Control. Select Microsoft Rich TextBox Control, version 6.0, and then click OK.
4. If the Properties window is not visible, on the View menu click Properties. On the Data tab, select Notes from the ControlSource box.
5. Preview the report.
   
   Note that you receive the following alert, and then the report will come up blank:
   Property cannot be set

NOTE: This problem does not occur when you use the Microsoft Rich TextBox control on a form or data access page.

If you have at least one of the Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 components installed, you can install Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4 to prevent the "Property cannot be set" message. However, the contents of the Rich Textbox will not be visible when you preview the report.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

For more information about using ActiveX controls, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type Add an ActiveX control (OLE custom control) to a form, report, or data access page in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.