Form Design

[Rocky]

Is there a way to design forms in Access like is done with Visual Basic 6.
By that I mean can you make it show just the form without the top and side
scroll bars and detail bar on the window while in design view. I have a
hard time getting the form to the right size and keeping it like that. I am
just wondering if there is a way to view and work with the forms like in
Viusal Basic, where you just see the form itself, without all the other
distractions, and the form stays the size you drag it to?
Thanks,
Rocky

 

[Tony C]

I'm not so sure how Forms are designed in VB 6 as I've
never used it, however there are properties available that
allow you to control size, scroll bars etc..

If you open a form in Design View, then display the
properties for the Form, you can use the following
Properties on the Format Page to control how a Form is
displayed: -

Default View
Views Allowed
Scroll Bars
Record Selectors
Navigation Buttons
Dividing Lines
Auto Resize
Auto Center
Border Style

If you experiment with these properties, you will soon get
the hang of it and produce the results you are looking for.

HTH


Tony C.

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

yes. Genearly you can turn off auto-resize.

Set the border to thin..and also turn off the navagation buttions.

If you take a look at these sceeen shots..you can see some examples:

http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn/ridesrpt/ridesrpt.html

And, here is some more ideas....

http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn/Articles/Grid.htm

 

[Rocky]

Thank you both for your help. It helped me very much.
Rocky