[AccessD] Continuous form won't hold size

Charlotte Foust cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Tue Jan 20 16:22:23 CST 2009


Susan,

What do you mean it's unbound?  An unbound continuous form is a
contradiction in terms.  You must mean that is isn't bound at design
time.  Set the size in code too.

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 2:18 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Continuous form won't hold size

I know what it is -- the form's unbound. The Open event populates it,
and that's why. Don't know what to do to force it to the larger size
once code populates it though.

Susan H.



Susan,

I think I know what you are saying...I have seen this issue with forms
that are not maximized.  If it is what I think...I don't think it has to
do with being continuous.

Open the form in Design mode...(NOT maximized)...make it the size you
want...then save it while in design mode...next time you open it...it
should be that size...

All this based on a hunch...with no understanding of why...and not sure
if I understand what you are seeing...if its not...I'll try again.

Hope it helps,

Mark A. Matte

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> From: ssharkins at gmail.com
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:31:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: [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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