Command Buttons with Words & Picture - BOTH, is it possible in Access?

[William P Skeen]

I like the bitmap pictures but require words also, like in Outlook 2000
Do I need to find a third-party add-in control, DLL, whatever?
In Tools References I see lots more control libraries.

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

A couple of possibilities ...

1. You could use the Control Tip Text property of each of your command
buttons to provide a short description of what the control does. This
description appears on-screen when the user positions the mouse over the
control.

2. Create a label control and position it just over or under the control.

hth,

 

[Graham Mandeno]

Hi William

If you open the Customize dialog and right-click on the command button, you
can choose "Image and Text" from the list of options in the dropdown menu.

BTW, was it *really* necessary to crosspost this to so many newsgroups?
Congratulations for not multi-posting anyway ;-)

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[Gina]

Just curious Graham, what version of Access are you using? I have from 2.0
to XP and the way Cheryl says works or you can create mock 'command' buttons
to accomplish pictures and text but other than that not possible in Access
as far as I know.

Hi William

If you open the Customize dialog and right-click on the command button, you
can choose "Image and Text" from the list of options in the dropdown menu.

BTW, was it *really* necessary to crosspost this to so many newsgroups?
Congratulations for not multi-posting anyway ;-)

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Good Luck!
Graham Mandeno [Access MVP]
Auckland, New Zealand

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I like the bitmap pictures but require words also, like in Outlook 2000
Do I need to find a third-party add-in control, DLL, whatever?
In Tools References I see lots more control libraries.

 

[Graham Mandeno]

Hi Gina

Sorry I missed your post - You might have given up looking for a reply by
now, but here goes anyway

I read William's original question as referring to command buttons on
command bars, not command button controls on forms. This was for two
reasons: (1) he said "like in Outlook 2000" and (2) I saw his post in the
commandbarsui newsgroup (although he crossposted to so many groups that this
is not necessarily a valid inference <g>)

If he was indeed referring to buttons on forms, then one possible workaround
would be to use an image control and a label, and place a transparent
command button over the top.

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Auckland, New Zealand

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[Gina Whipp]

Hello Graham,

We must be on the same wave lenght, I just thought of that because I just
used it on a form and was about to share my discovery!

Gina Whipp

Hi Gina

Sorry I missed your post - You might have given up looking for a reply by
now, but here goes anyway

I read William's original question as referring to command buttons on
command bars, not command button controls on forms. This was for two
reasons: (1) he said "like in Outlook 2000" and (2) I saw his post in the
commandbarsui newsgroup (although he crossposted to so many groups that this
is not necessarily a valid inference <g>)

If he was indeed referring to buttons on forms, then one possible workaround
would be to use an image control and a label, and place a transparent
command button over the top.

--
Graham Mandeno [Access MVP]
Auckland, New Zealand

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Just curious Graham, what version of Access are you using? I have from 2.0
to XP and the way Cheryl says works or you can create mock 'command' buttons
to accomplish pictures and text but other than that not possible in Access
as far as I know.