ComboBox.FontBold Property

Access Developer Reference

You can use the FontBold property to specify whether a font appears in a bold style in the following situations:

  • When displaying or printing controls on forms and reports.
  • When using the Print method on a report.

Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression.FontBold

expression   A variable that represents a ComboBox object.

Remarks

The FontBold property uses the following settings.

Setting Description

True

The text is bold.

False

(Default) The text isn't bold.

To use the FontBold property on a report, first create a Printevent procedure that prints the desired text.

A font's appearance on screen and in print may differ, depending on your computer and printer.

The FontWeight property, which is available in the property sheet for controls, can also be used to set the line width for a control's text. The FontBold property gives you a quick way to make text bold; the FontWeight property gives you finer control over the line width setting for text. The following table shows the relationship between these properties' settings.

If Then

FontBold = False

FontWeight = Normal (400)

FontBold = True

FontWeight = Bold (700)

FontWeight < 700

FontBold = False

FontWeight > = 700

FontBold = True

Example

The following Print event procedure prints a report title and the current date in a bold style on a report at the coordinates specified by the CurrentX and CurrentY property settings.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Private Sub ReportHeader0_Print(Cancel As Integer, _
     PrintCount As Integer)
    Dim MyDate
MyDate = Date
Me.<strong class="bterm">FontBold</strong> = True
' Print report title in bold.
Me.Print("Sales Management Report")
Me.Print(MyDate)

End Sub