New Version 2.1 Updated for Win2K and WinXP Can now be used in Design or Runtime Form/Report view. Add a few lines of code to achieve a "bound" control for runtime rotated text without having to use an ActiveX control. WORKS under WINDOWS NT and Win2K!

AccRotextWMF.zip is a sample database containing a Rotate Text function. This Updated version 2 offers resolution independent Rotated Text using Enhanced Metafiles.

The Image Control based Rotate Text function below has been superceded by the Enhanced Metafile functions above. I am leaving it here for sample code. Demonstrates how to use several Memory API's to build structures and Bitmaps at runtime.

ACCRotext.zip is a sample database containing an Image control based Rotate Text function. The Image Controls created here are very resource intensive for Reports as they are created with Bitmaps at the current printer resolution. These functions are quite old and have not been updated like the Metafile solution.

Need more functionality with less programming? Need a standard Access ControlSource property? Give my ActiveX Control a try!  Click here to get to the ActiveX Rotate Text control