[AccessD] Conditional keep together

Are you try8bng to change the Keep together property with VBA code?

What VBA code are you using? Please include the sub to end sub lines. 



Boyd Trimmell 
aka HiTechCoach at UtterAccess.com and other support sites
Microsoft Access MVP 2010 ( MVP Profile )



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Debbie
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 1:02 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Conditional keep together

Section or header both crash. I get this program has encountered an
unexpected error and has to close. It backs up. Repairs and compacts and
restarts every time I put it in any type of format event.

Debbie

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On Jan 20, 2011, at 11:47 AM, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
wrote:

> On format of the report or the header or the footer section? What kind 
> of crash?
>
> R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Debbie
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 8:40 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Conditional keep together
>
> I started to put a conditional keep together in code on format. This 
> actually crashes Access. Only in the on open event will it work.
>
> I have started experimenting with adding a conditional page break. I 
> can get it to work only when I want, but the records still start on 
> page 2.
> I just
> get a page break in the middle of page 2 rather than moving the first 
> part of the records to page 1
>
> Debbie
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:21 AM, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is it a function of how many records there are in the group?  I 
>> wouldn't want to hard code a test for a specific data value if I 
>> could avoid it.
>>
>> You can, of course, set the keep together property through code, but 
>> the question is where to do it?
>>
>> I've never tried this but I'd experiment with the Format event of the 
>> group header.
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Debbie
>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:48 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: [AccessD] Conditional keep together
>>
>> I have a report with 2 grouping levels. The first group is keep 
>> together with first record and the second is keep all records 
>> together on one page.
>> 99.9% of the time this is perfect.
>>
>> Now I have the situation where my first keep all records together 
>> group fits perfectly on a page all by itself. This means I have a 
>> report header, further group header, then a page break. Not until 
>> page
>> 2 do I see this first set of detail records because if the keep 
>> together.
>>
>> I do not want to set this to keep with first record just to cover 
>> this one instance with one user, but I have to admit it is pretty 
>> awful.
>> Is
>> there any way to determine that this has happened ahead of time and 
>> reset the keep together property?  Better yet only reset it on the 
>> group having problems.
>>
>> I can set the keep together, but only on open. By the time I can tell 
>> if it is needed, my window of opportunity is lost and I am better off 
>> just setting this group to keep together with first record and just 
>> be dine with it.
>>
>> Debbie
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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