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MS Access Forum / Forms / July 2005Multiple Columns on Form??
Is it possible to create 2 or 3 columns on a form? I have a form with a single field in the Detail Section and an Option Group/various buttons in the Form Footer. Instead of scrolling the detail section up/down in Form View mode; I would prefer to contain the whole dataset in multiple columns across the upper portion of the page. I changed the Page Set-Up to 2 columns but that only works for printing. Any way to do this? David, You can place controls anywhere you want on your forms, including in a multi-column arrangement. Either pick & drag a control into place, set the Left and Top properties manually, or, more efficiently, use the Format, Align command to align a set of controls all at once, and the various Format, spacing commands that space them evenly. The order in which the cursor moves from one control to another is determined by the control's Tab Order property. The most efficient way to put them in order is View, Tab Order, and drag the fields into the order in which they appear on screen. If you select Auto Order, they will go left to right, then top to bottom. Hope that helps. Sprinks > Is it possible to create 2 or 3 columns on a form? I have a form with a > single field in the Detail Section and an Option Group/various buttons in the > Form Footer. Instead of scrolling the detail section up/down in Form View > mode; I would prefer to contain the whole dataset in multiple columns across > the upper portion of the page. I changed the Page Set-Up to 2 columns but > that only works for printing. Any way to do this? Maybe I am missing something here....how do you create a multiple column arrangement in a form? > David, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > the upper portion of the page. I changed the Page Set-Up to 2 columns but > > that only works for printing. Any way to do this? > Maybe I am missing something here....how do you create a multiple > column arrangement in a form? Multiple controls that expose a single record can be arranged in columns. Multiple *records* can only be shown in a single column. It might be posssible to kludge something together with multiple subforms, but my guess is that it would be complicated and problematic.  SignatureI don't check the Email account attached to this message. Send instead to... RBrandt at Hunter dot com Sorry, David; I didn't read carefully. My only suggestion would be to try Steven Lebans website; if anyone would have the patience and talent to tackle this Access inadequacy, it'd be him. www.lebans.com Sprinks > Maybe I am missing something here....how do you create a multiple column > arrangement in a form? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > the upper portion of the page. I changed the Page Set-Up to 2 columns but > > > that only works for printing. Any way to do this? A good solution is to use sub-forms. Here is some screen shots of having some controls, and some others show "many" records of the one record. http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Articles/Grid.htm SignatureAlbert D. Kallal (Access MVP) Edmonton, Alberta Canada pleaseNOOSpamKallal@msn.com http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal |
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