[AccessD] Tree View/Images/Command Bar

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Sep 16 10:59:10 CDT 2010


Very cool!  I have always wanted to use these things but didn't want to undergo the frustration.

Why don't you get it posted to our web site.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 9/16/2010 9:18 AM, Tony Septav wrote:
> Hey All
> About a week ago I developed a treeview form for a client who had 1,000s
> of lab results.  About 6 years ago I had developed a fairly complex
> treeview form  (10 levels) for a client, but I guess it is old age
> because I couldn't remember how I did  most of the activities performed
> on the form. So basically I had relearn everything all over again. This
> became a study in frustration, "Just show me how to do it.", don't show
> me a page of cyptic code when I don't understand what I am doing in the
> first place.
>
> Anyway I decided to create a primer or cheat sheet mdb that I could use
> as a reference, to be updated as time goes by. It incorporates a
> treeview with 4 levels (from simple data tables) , treeview images (not
> a big fan of images but sometime I may need them, the images are poor
> quality because I just cut and pasted them) and a commandbar for the
> treeview.  There is no fancy code (I wanted to keep it bare bones), some
> of the code is repetative, and because it is not an application there is
> no error trapping, integrity checks, etc.
>
> I am not an expert by any means with treeviews and commandbars, but it
> is a working model.
> If anyone is interested in working with treeviews and wants to avoid
> some of the frustration I went through, I can send you a copy of the
> primer offline.  Maybe you can show me a few tips and tricks.
>
> Part 2 (when I get some more time) of my primer will incorporate linked
> subforms and list boxes.
>
> MDB - Access 2000
> Hopefully everything will work on your machine, as I did read  that
> sometimes problems can occur with the controls.
>
>
>
>



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