Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Feb 18 15:18:45 CST 2012
Set the display mode to Datasheet mode. Select the columns, shift+ right click and select "Freeze columns" Save the Form. If you want to make sure it is always that way: Private Sub Form_Load() personname.SetFocus DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdFreezeColumn companyname.SetFocus DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdFreezeColumn End Sub -- Stuart On 18 Feb 2012 at 8:49, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Dear List: > > I have a client who wants a list of persons and companies on a form, and > following the person name and company, wants several other fields. All the > fields won't all fit on the display, so a horizontal slider bar is OK to see > the fields hidden off to the right off the screen. > > However, he would like the person name and company name not to slide off to > the left as he slides to the right - similar to the Freeze Panes function in > Excel. > > I haven't really thought about a technique to do this, but maybe there's > some standard way to do this - yet another Access function that I don't > know about? Or someone like Lebans has already done it? Has anyone done > this before? > > MTIA > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> > www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> > Skype: rocky.smolin > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >