"Expanding" detail lines in a continuous form?

[Maury Markowitz]

I think this is a dumb question, but...

I seem to recall seeing "expanding" records in a continuous form. That is,
records that could be clicked on and would expand to show a subform. I may be
confusing the example with a datasheet?

In either case, does anyone have any examples of this sort of thing? I have
records that have "items" inside. I'd like the view to normally show only the
top of the record, but alternately be expanded to show the details. I'd
prefer this to occur "inline", as opposed to a separate subform.

Maury

 

[Maurice]

You could use the formfooter for the additional info about a specific record.
Place the regular fields in the continuous form. Add a form header and a form
footer.
Place the additional fields in the form footer.

Now place a little buttone besides the records and place the follwing code
behind the button:

me.formfooter.visible=true

as an alternative you can place another button to hide the formfooter again.

This way you are just using a single form with extended functionality.

hth