by Bob » Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:45 am
The pick list uses a textbox to display the field, and since a textbox is limited to 255 characters, displays Memo... same as Browse window.
Instead of the field name, use a calculated field, i.e. LEFT(memoFieldName,n) to see the content, where n is less than 255. Finding a value for n that provides useful data in a pick list can be difficult.
When users need to enter or edit a memo field, I usually present it's value in a new modal form with an edit box bound to the memo field (in the 'default' datasession).
If you want users to append data to a memo field without allowing them to edit existing content, you'll need to gather the new content and append to the memo field in code. Possibly ... display the current content in a bound edit box that does not allow editing. Gather the new input in an unbound edit box and do the append in the 'save' method.