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MS Access Forum / New Users / November 2004Tansparency
I would like to semi hide (behind an opaque box) some optional buttons on a form, but the transparency setting seems to either be on or off, unlike a word object where you can ajust the level of "opaqueness". Im I looking in the worng place to achieve this? thanks Tim >I would like to semi hide (behind an opaque box) some optional buttons on a >form, but the transparency setting seems to either be on or off, unlike a >word object where you can ajust the level of "opaqueness". Im I looking in >the worng place to achieve this? thanks Tim don't bother about hiding behind transparencies ... just use the [object].visible = True/False method in the code behind the form If {condition} Then [object].visible = True ... do stuff ... Else [object].visible = False EndIf Brett Cheers, Brett ---------------------------------------------- Be adventurous, be bold, be careful, be a star ---------------------------------------------- Brett Collings Business & Systems Analyst Management Information Systems Developer Brett, thank you for the advice, but the idea behind the semi transparent layer, was that by selecting the record, the other records would be slightly obscured, indicating that the selected record values could be changed, whilst the semi visible records could not, at the same time indicating to the user that all the other records were "still there". The whole concept being that button pushes next to a patient name will record things like "bloods ok" "seen by consultant" as a checklist, all information being displayed on a single screen suitable for touch screen technology. as they say a picture says a thousand words - or something like that.. > >I would like to semi hide (behind an opaque box) some optional buttons on a > >form, but the transparency setting seems to either be on or off, unlike a [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Business & Systems Analyst > Management Information Systems Developer Ahh ok, that's different. You want the field "dimmed" :) You do that by setting the Properties->Data->Enabled (and Locked) properties. Try setting them manually and you'll see what they do. If you put the cursor on one of them and F1, Help will give you all the options of the various combinations you can use. To set/unset them, then code is Me!ControlName.Enabled = False Note that I correctly use ControlName and not FieldName. They are different. When you create a form, they are automatically the same (bad idea) but should not be. Let me explain ... - Your field's Data->ControlSource may be FirstName - The field's Other->Name should be txtFirstName ... *this* is the ControlName. When addressing objects on a form in code, Access is always using the ControlName, not the ControlSource but most developers have fallen into the trap of using the ControlSource field name. This is a very very common problem encountered by everyone at some time or other and we hope MS will change it in the next release so that when a new field is created, Access asks for a ControlName and prompts the entry with a default naming convention prefix like txt for a textbox cmd for a button cbo for a combo box opt for option group img for a pic tab for a tab control ... etc etc ... Brett >Brett, thank you for the advice, but the idea behind the semi transparent >layer, was that by selecting the record, the other records would be slightly [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> Business & Systems Analyst >> Management Information Systems Developer Cheers, Brett ---------------------------------------------- Be adventurous, be bold, be careful, be a star ---------------------------------------------- Brett Collings Business & Systems Analyst Management Information Systems Developer Brett, thank you again, I will give this a try. With regard to the control name vs field name, what you sy makes sense even to a beginner like myself, so a little weird that the Microsoft development team overlooked this, especially as there have been so many version of Access. But there again just look at the flaws made my major car manufacturers - who have been making cars for over 100 years....Tim > Ahh ok, that's different. You want the field "dimmed" :) > [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] > Business & Systems Analyst > Management Information Systems Developer |
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