[AccessD] Normal templates

Arthur,

I have always done it the alternative way; creating and saving a new
copy of my standard form/report.  It always works as expected, so why
mess with templates that may or may not work the way you are expecting.
Why try to learn something new when it is not going to save you any
work? <grin>

Charles Wortz
Software Development Division
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701-1494
512-463-9493
CWortz at tea.state.tx.us



-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Fuller [mailto:artful at rogers.com] 
Sent: Monday 2003 Jul 21 12:01
To: AccessD
Subject: [AccessD] Normal templates

This is a feature of Access that I have briefly experimented with,
failed to achieve what I wanted, and moved on. But the questions arise
again...

I created a form called Normal with all my bells and whistles (i.e.
header and footer with various objects on each) and discovered that I
inherited virtually nothing from the header and footer.

I have never created a Normal report, but given the above experience I'd
guess that I'd inherit about the same (i.e. zilch). Given any one
client's preferences, I'd like to capture these in a Normal report (i.e.
report header in fontX, group1 Header and Footer in fontY, Group2 Header
and Footer in fontZ, &c.). Is this possible? 

Alternatively, is it better to create a form __MyForm and a report
__MyReport with all this set up, and then Save As, rather than expecting
the built in Normal stuff to work?

Experience and advice appreciated.

TIA,
Arthur