Custom ActiveX Controls For a Shared Front-End

[ohmydatabase]

Hello,

I wish to create a custom ActiveX control or find one that correctly suits my needs and have some concerns before I get started.



Firstly, I have no idea how to make one or the actual effort that is needed to get one to work. Does anyone has experience in creating custom controls?
Also, if my front-end is distributed to many users, all with different versions of MS Office and even MS Windows, will I need to install my custom control onto each of their machines.

Ultimately I want to create a control that is like the ListBox, but also like the TextBox. I wish to form a bulleted list based on the user that is accessing the form at that point. From there I want to enable the user to select a "row" within the List/Text Box and obtain the data associated with that row. I've tried implementing a plain ListBox, but I was not able to set margins for the columns nor get the text to wrap.

Thank you in advance

[CJ_London]

Does anyone has experience in creating custom controls?

from the description of what you are trying to do, suggest use a subform rather than a listbox.

Also be aware that activeX controls that work in 32bit access need to be rewritten to work in 64bit access - many of the 'off the shelf' active x controls will only work in 64bit

[ohmydatabase]

Datasheet view seems to be the closest I could get a subform to resemble what Im after. These controls seem clunky and are often unsightly. It's surprising that there isn't some way to customize the existing controls..

[CJ_London]

use a continuous form and customize to your hearts content. Datasheet is just a basic view with basic formatting capabilities.