Brad Marks
BradM at blackforestltd.com
Tue Nov 2 08:12:16 CDT 2010
Jim and Stuart, Thanks for your insights into this. Your explanations explain what I am seeing. I appreciate the assistance. Brad -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Jim Dettman Sent: Mon 11/1/2010 6:59 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Friday Puzzler - Access 2007 - "Report View""OnFormat"and "On Paint" Events Stuart, Yes, I would think it would be like OnPage a bit; everything is already rendered and you can add to it but not modify anything already there in terms of layout. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 8:44 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Friday Puzzler - Access 2007 - "Report View""OnFormat"and "On Paint" Events Because the OnPaint event occurs when the section is actually redrawn. By that stage the size and location of the controls must already be determined? -- Stuart On 30 Oct 2010 at 6:54, Brad Marks wrote: > For example in the "On Paint" Event > Me.Box1.BackColor = vbBlue > Works nicely > > But the command > Me.Box1.Width = 1000 > does not work within the "On Paint" Event. This puzzles me. > > I would like to understand why. > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.