[AccessD] Floor Plan Grid

...thanks Paul ...but smartdraw lets you draw floor plans but not tie a 
database to them ...visio is a much better tool if I wanted to go outside of 
access for an answer.

William
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Hartland (ISHARP)" <paul.hartland at isharp.co.uk>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Floor Plan Grid


>I wouldn't have thought Access would be ny good for this sort of thing, 
>have
> you had a look at smartdraw
>
> http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/ukfloorplans.asp?id=12707
>
> But if someone knows how to create plans, on which you can zoom and pan in
> Access, please let me know. I would be very interested in this, as I have 
> an
> idea for a piece of software to create designs for software.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
> Sent: 09 November 2005 03:25
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Floor Plan Grid
>
> ...need some ideas here ...or if someone knows of something already.
>
> ...Access 2003 runtime compatible.
>
> ...I need to display on a single Access form ...a grid of as many as 2000
> rectangles.
>
> ...the rectangles would represent booths in a trade show floor plan 
> ...each
> distinctly numbered and each clickable to call detail data ...and each
> individually colored to reflect status.
>
> ...did I mention that I'd like to be able to zoom and pan the grid?
>
> ...I've tried a number of activex products like metadraw ...but all 
> require
> compromises I don't want to make.
>
> ...did I mention this needs to be reasonably fast in 2.6Mhz, 1gb ram
> workstations?
>
> ...ok ...I'm nuts ...but I thought I'd at least throw it out there ...my
> head hurts from too much pounding against the wall :)
>
> ...still no electric as a result of Wilma ...working on a laptop sucks
> bigtime ...but it is work.
>
> William
>
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