[AccessD] Form/report templates

Well, there's another way too -- after clicking the particular control on
the Toolbox, change the properties in the Properties window and then insert
the control -- that will change the defaults for that particular control
too.

Susan H.


> Select the control on the Normal form or report the select Set Control
> Defaults from the design menu.  If you don't do that, it doesn't
> override the existing "normal" defaults.  You can do the same thing on
> any form or report to set the default for that kind of control for that
> particular object as well.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Brosdorf [mailto:michael.broesdorf at web.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:31 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: AW: [AccessD] Form/report templates
>
>
> How do I set control defaults? I thought I just had to insert a control
> and format it the way I want new controls to be!?
>
> Michael
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Charlotte
> Foust
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2003 18:46
> An: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Betreff: RE: [AccessD] Form/report templates
>
>
> Hmmn.  Did you remember to set the Control Defaults for that textbox on
> the Normal form?  Otherwise, it won't be applied.  If you do set it, it
> works in XP on my machine.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Brosdorf [mailto:michael.broesdorf at web.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:15 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: AW: [AccessD] Form/report templates
>
>
> Just tested it on another machine:
>
> 1. Created a new form
> 2. Created a text box with a label. Set the label font color to blue and
> the border style to transparent 3. Save the new form as 'Normal' 4.
> Created a new form and inserted a text box -> it is not formatted as the
> one on 'Normal'
>
> (Under options, the name of the template form is 'Normal')
>
> Since it does not work on two machines, is there anything else needed to
> be turned on?
>
> Michael
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Charlotte
> Foust
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2003 18:01
> An: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Betreff: RE: [AccessD] Form/report templates
>
>
> I haven't tried it with backcolor, but it certainly works for other
> kinds of control properties, but only on new forms created after the
> "normal" version is saved.  That's the way it has always worked.  Were
> you trying to do something else?
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Brosdorf [mailto:michael.broesdorf at web.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:47 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Form/report templates
>
>
> Dear group,
>
> recently I wanted to demonstrate the use or forms/report named 'Normal'
> in Access 2K. From what I know, a developer can created these
> forms/reports to defined format defaults for controls. In the Access
> options one can even define the name for those format templates. The
> only problem is that it does not seem to work anymore!
>
> I thinkg it worked in A97: a form named 'Normal' containing a text box
> with green back color would cause all newly created text boxes on other
> forms to have the same green back color.
>
> How does this feature work in A2K?
>
> TIA,
>
> Michael
>
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