Memo fields allow users to enter and edit text on a single, scrollable horizontal field or on multiple lines. Tickertape memo fields are one-row memo fields that can scroll horizontally but not vertically. Some features are available only for tickertape memo fields. Full editing capabilities are provided for both types of memo fields.
Memo fields have a size and location on the screen, and an underlying memo buffer, which may be bigger than the area visible on the screen. For example, a memo field could be defined to have a visible area of two rows and thirty columns, and an underlying memo field buffer of four rows and eighty columns. The memo field would occupy two rows and thirty columns on the form, but the user could enter four rows of data, with each row having eighty columns.
How Memo Fields Are Implemented
Features and Options for Memo Fields
