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"John K.Eason" <john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> In article <4dfbf00c@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Strand@dummyspit (StrandElectric) 
> wrote:
>
>> *From:* "StrandElectric" <Strand@dummyspit>
>> *Date:* Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:23:35 +1000
>>
>> "Eric Coleman" <eric@strategon.com> wrote in message
>> news:itfqe1$e3a$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> > On 6/12/2011 4:11 PM, StrandElectric wrote:
>> >> vb6
>> >>
>> >> I have a problem where the text or caption line up near the top
>> >> (vertically)
>> >> of the textbox or label. Also captions on the labels and text in
>> the text
>> >> boxes does not quite line up. I'd like to have them more in the
>> middle
>> >> vertically and aligned properly. (I am of course OK for
>> horizontal >> placeing
>> >> (left right centre)). Is there some control property I should be
>> >> tweaking?
>> >> Apols for such a basic question.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Select the controls you want to align, and then from the the
>> > "Format" menu, select "Align" -> "Middles"
>> >
>> > There is a lot of neat stuff in the Format menu.  Also, you can
>> > right click on the toolbar and add the "Form Editor" toolbar.  It
>> > can also be customized to add more of the formatting controls
>> > that aren't present.
>>
>> Experimenting now Eric. When I select a control and then go Format
>> > Align > Middles, as you suggested, I get as far as Align and then
>> all the options are greyed out. I will continue to try.
>
> That option is for aligning controls on a form, not for aligning text 
> within a
> control (which isn't natively possible for vertical alignment).
> To vertically align a label relative to a single-line text box, I've found 
> that
> the Top property of the label control needs to be 45 points larger than 
> the textbox
> Top property (assuming the desktop is using  the default settings, and 
> using
> 'Classic view in Windows).
>
> Regards
>       John

Thanks John. Makes sense. I'll try it! 

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  Re: Actual VB question! Dee Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-06-13 09:19 +0100
  Re: Actual VB question! Eric Coleman <eric@strategon.com> - 2011-06-17 10:04 -0500
    Re: Actual VB question! "StrandElectric" <Strand@dummyspit> - 2011-06-18 10:23 +1000
      Re: Actual VB question! john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk (John K.Eason) - 2011-06-18 12:20 +0100
        Re: Actual VB question! "StrandElectric" <Strand@dummyspit> - 2011-06-19 05:04 +1000
        Re: Actual VB question! "StrandElectric" <Strand@dummyspit> - 2011-06-19 06:29 +1000
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          Re: Actual VB question! ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-18 21:41 -0500
            Re: Actual VB question! john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk (John K.Eason) - 2011-06-19 12:22 +0100
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                Re: Actual VB question! john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk (John K.Eason) - 2011-06-20 12:07 +0100
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