[AccessD] Continuous form won't hold size

It's a tabular report -- only one line of controls for each record. There 
are 91 records. When I open the form, it's very small -- the scrollbar's 
there so I can thumb down to see the rest of the records, but kind of 
defeats the purpose of a continuous form, don't you think?

I don't work with continuous forms very often, but I know if I create a 
continuous columnar form, it shows multiple records, depending on -- as Max 
instructed -- how large I create the form window.

Enlarging the form window with this tabular report doesn't seem to change a 
thing -- still shrinks back to just enough room to display one record.

Susan H.


> Susan,
>
> Maybe I don't understand what you're talking about either.  If you only
> have one record, it can only display one record. A continuous form
> should show all the records it can fit in the space.  Is that not what's
> happening?
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:49 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Continuous form won't hold size
>
> I don't have a Resize command, only Size to Fit Window. My records are
> only one row in depth, so changing the Detail section creates huge holes
> between records. That's probably not what you meant. Regardless of what
> I resize or in what order, it goes back to that one record display. :( I
> probably don't understand what you're talking about here.
>
> Susan H.
>
>> Susan,
>> I *think* you will find that on a CF all you need to do is make sure
>> the form is bigger than > 1 times the size of one instance of the data
>
>> in the form.  Then when you open it click on Windows Re-Size, the
>> system should resize to fit as many *entries* that it can do.  If you
>> haven't made it "more than one instance in size" then that is all it
>> will show.  If you make it 3.5 time size then it will resize to 3.
>> Ie, if your entry has data over
>> 3 lines in one data instance and you make the form (between the header
>
>> and footer), say 25 lines and you then save and open, then
>> Windows/resize, it will resize down to 8 x data entries each of 3
> lines in height.
>>
>> Does any of that make sense.  Easier to do then to say..
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan
>> Harkins
>> Sent: 20 January 2009 19:04
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Continuous form won't hold size
>>
>> You're kidding, right? This seems just so... strange. I'll try it, but
>
>> gads...
>>
>> Susan H.
>>
>>> In that case, put the continuous form on a subform and size the
>>> subform control in the parent form.
>>>
>>> Charlotte Foust
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan
>>> Harkins
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:35 AM
>>> To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
>>> Subject: [AccessD] Continuous form won't hold size
>>>
>>> I don't work much with continuous forms, but I have one with three
>>> fields in tabular format. I keep resizing it, but it won't retain the
>
>>> size. When I open it, it shows just the first record. I want it to
>>> stay the size I want it!
>>>
>>> Susan H.
>>>
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