[AccessD] Tree View/Images/Command Bar

Tony Septav iggy at nanaimo.ark.com
Thu Sep 16 11:06:41 CDT 2010


Hey John
Would you like to test drive it first and if deemed worthy, sure it 
could be posted.  I was kind of hoping on getting other's input and 
added to the primer, so that no one has to go through the frustration, 
it is gross.

jwcolby wrote:

>Very cool!  I have always wanted to use these things but didn't want to undergo the frustration.
>
>Why don't you get it posted to our web site.
>
>John W. Colby
>www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>On 9/16/2010 9:18 AM, Tony Septav wrote:
>  
>
>>Hey All
>>About a week ago I developed a treeview form for a client who had 1,000s
>>of lab results.  About 6 years ago I had developed a fairly complex
>>treeview form  (10 levels) for a client, but I guess it is old age
>>because I couldn't remember how I did  most of the activities performed
>>on the form. So basically I had relearn everything all over again. This
>>became a study in frustration, "Just show me how to do it.", don't show
>>me a page of cyptic code when I don't understand what I am doing in the
>>first place.
>>
>>Anyway I decided to create a primer or cheat sheet mdb that I could use
>>as a reference, to be updated as time goes by. It incorporates a
>>treeview with 4 levels (from simple data tables) , treeview images (not
>>a big fan of images but sometime I may need them, the images are poor
>>quality because I just cut and pasted them) and a commandbar for the
>>treeview.  There is no fancy code (I wanted to keep it bare bones), some
>>of the code is repetative, and because it is not an application there is
>>no error trapping, integrity checks, etc.
>>
>>I am not an expert by any means with treeviews and commandbars, but it
>>is a working model.
>>If anyone is interested in working with treeviews and wants to avoid
>>some of the frustration I went through, I can send you a copy of the
>>primer offline.  Maybe you can show me a few tips and tricks.
>>
>>Part 2 (when I get some more time) of my primer will incorporate linked
>>subforms and list boxes.
>>
>>MDB - Access 2000
>>Hopefully everything will work on your machine, as I did read  that
>>sometimes problems can occur with the controls.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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