Drawing Elipses

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I would like to draw an Elipse enclosing a text box and the associated label
on a line in an Access 2003 report.
The output to the text box may vary in length, so the elipse would need to
vary horizontally too, if possible.
How do I define the colour and thickness of the line forming the elipse ?
 
John said:
I would like to draw an Elipse enclosing a text box and the associated label
on a line in an Access 2003 report.
The output to the text box may vary in length, so the elipse would need to
vary horizontally too, if possible.
How do I define the colour and thickness of the line forming the elipse ?
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Use the Circle method in the section's Print event. This
will make the elipsis approximately the same size as the
text box:

With Me.textbox
Me.Circle (.Left+.Width/2, .Top+.Height/2), _
(.Width+200)/2, RGB(255, 0, 255), , , .Height/.Width
End Width

I suggest that you just center the text in the text box and
forget about using a different radius for the elipsis.

If using a different radius is important or if the text box
can grow, then use the TextWidthHeight solution at
www.lebans.com to get the width and height of the text.
 
Thank You, Marshall

elipse now drawn round an enclosing rectangle to secure the effect I hoped
for . . .
is it possible to increase the thickness of the line forming the elipse ?
 
John said:
elipse now drawn round an enclosing rectangle to secure the effect I hoped
for . . .
is it possible to increase the thickness of the line forming the elipse ?
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Use the report's DrawWidth property:

Me.DrawWidth = 3
 
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