Hello all,

I know there is a way to put vertical page breaks on a form (Access 97).
Is there a way to put horizontal page breaks ?  I have a form that is wider
than a screen, i would like the user to be able to scroll right, 1 screen
at the time.

Vladimir






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Vladimir,

<< I know there is a way to put vertical page breaks on a form (Access 97).
Is there a way to put horizontal page breaks ?  I have a form that is wider
than a screen, i would like the user to be able to scroll right, 1 screen
at the time. >>

Hmmm... I don't think you can do a scroll that works "one screen at a 
time."  You can do one of three things, though...

1) Include a horitzonal scroll bar on your form and the user will be able 
to scroll left and right.  It won't be one screen at a time; it'll be 
whatever distance they drag the scroll bar.

2) Split your form into two logical parts and place the controls for each 
part in a tab control.  You'd have one screen, no scrolling, and two tabs 
to click on.

3) Split your form into two logical parts and place the controls for each 
part in their own form, i.e. split your one wide form into two narrow 
forms.

Option 2 is my personal choice.

Greg

I already have the form split in main data and 3 tabs.  Each tab contains a
subform with various fields.  So, i needed to ensure that the user could
see one of the subforms one screen at the time.  The horizontal scroll bar
is there, but would be nicer if there was a way to scroll left or right on
a push of a button.

I have worked around this problem, by placing a text box heading above each
section.  Then i've placed navigation buttons above those headers.
Pressing a button will set focus to a particular text box / header and
scroll the form to the right or left. Each box is the same colour of the
background and is visible but locked.   It was then just matter of sizing
each section and text box so that it fits 1 screen width at the time.

vlad



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