[AccessD] MS Access Drawing Capabilities Part I

I tried sending this yesterday...but the message was too long...lets try again!!!
...and again...I'll leave my other posts at the bottom in case they are relecant.  I'll send in 2 parts
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Paul,
 
I don't  have the code available for the "do stuff when you click"...easy enough by calling the same function from every object(event of your choice)...that parses the object name...and displays what you need.
 
 
Here is the code that fires when my form opens...it paints the form and organizes all the objects on the form.  Below that is the code from the other form I use to move the objects around.  Keep in mind...the moving/organizing of the objects is all table driven(left,top,height, width all stored in a single  record for each object).  It's barely clear to me...so let me know if you have questions.
 
Thanks,
 
MarkA. Matte
 
 
Function PaintForm()
    Dim strSQL As String
    Dim strControlName As String
    Dim cntl As Control
    Dim ret
    Dim MyRst As Recordset
    Set db = CurrentDb()
    Set MyRst = db.OpenRecordset("tblDesign", DB_OPEN_DYNASET)
    
    
    strSQL = "[Active]> -2"
    MyRst.FindFirst strSQL
    Do Until MyRst.NoMatch
        strControlName = MyRst!ControlNumber
        Set cntl = Forms!frmtables(strControlName)
        cntl.Top = MyRst![Top]
        cntl.Left = MyRst![Left]
        cntl.Visible = False
        If MyRst!Active = False Then GoTo Skip
        Select Case Left(MyRst!ControlNumber, 6)
            Case "pool_p"
                cntl.Visible = True
                If MyRst!Type = "V" Then
                    cntl.Width = 586
                    cntl.Height = 1020
                    cntl.Picture = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Desktop\Pool\PTable2.gif"
                Else
                    cntl.Width = 1035
                    cntl.Height = 600
                    cntl.Picture = "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Desktop\Pool\PTable3.gif"
                End If
                
            Case "labelp"
                cntl.Visible = True
                If MyRst!Type = "V" Then
                    cntl.Width = 540
                    cntl.Height = 1020
                    cntl.TopMargin = 216
                Else
                    cntl.Width = 1020
                    cntl.Height = 600
                    cntl.TopMargin = 0
                End If
            
            Case "countp"
                cntl.Visible = True
                If MyRst!Type = "V" Then
                    cntl.Width = 420
                    cntl.Height = 600
                    cntl.TopMargin = 43
                Else
                    cntl.Width = 420
                    cntl.Height = 600
                    cntl.TopMargin = 144
                End If
            Case "bar__b"
                cntl.Visible = True
                cntl.Height = MyRst![Height]
                cntl.Width = MyRst![Width]
            Case "dine_d"
                cntl.Visible = True
            Case "labeld"
                cntl.Visible = True
            Case "stools"
                cntl.Visible = True
            Case "labels"
                cntl.Visible = True
                
            End Select
Skip:
        Set cntl = Forms!frmtables(strControlName)
        MyRst.FindNext strSQL
    Loop
End Function
> I left 1 piece of info out...I wanted the same type of events to fire for
> each object type...so I wrote some code that used the name of each object to
> determine what function to call...and used a naming convention religiously.
> When a certain object was clicked...the border(a label) would change
> color...and a lookup would count and display on on the object how many
> records were associated with the table. So for each object I had 3
> things.Example:
> 
> Text box---tbPool01
> Label---lbPool01
> Image---imPool01
> 
> Text box---tbBoot01
> Label---lbBoot01
> Image---imBoot01
> 
> So when you clicked on an object(image) it would pass its name to the
> function...parse the name...then depending on what 'kind' it was
> ('boot','pool','stoo'' etc)...Mid([MyName],3,4)...would do specific things
> to that images corresponding text box and lable.
> 
> Using this type of naming...allowed me to store the names and positions of
> all objects in a table, loop through all items when the form opened and
> positioning them according to the data in the table....giving the user a way
> to move items around(UP,DOWN,RIGHT,LEFT buttons adding and subtracting
> TWIPS) on the screen and basically customizing it for their use.(even worked
> in an MDE).
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Mark A. Matte
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