[AccessD] A2010 - colour of enabled/disabled button

Hi Rocky

Yes, they are using the themes or quick-styles and would like to continue with these as it is very easy to handle and works globally.

What they don't like is the quite small difference between the active white caption and the inactive "engraved" caption.

/gustav

>>> rockysmolin at bchacc.com 03-02-13 16:37 >>>
Any other solution I can think of would require modifying the code behind
the button changing the fore color/font/size/weight of the text on the
button then checking on the click event to see if the button was enabled.

If they already have code to enable/disable a button could you add code to
change the label to a picture - like a circle with a slash through it?  Or
just disappear the button?  

There's something called quick styles in 201 but I've never played with it.
Are they using 2010?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-access/access-20
10-quick-styles-and-change-shapes/212c347e-77db-490e-9b29-9dfc714f2c4b


Why do they want this?  What is it about the disabled button they don't
like? 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 7:29 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2010 - colour of enabled/disabled button

Hi Rocky

I don't think the client is ready to rewamp hundreds of buttons this way.
Any other option?

/gustav

>>> rockysmolin at bchacc.com 03-02-13 16:20 >>>
In the past the answer seems to be use text box overlays or use labels
formatted to you liking.  Not as many events but they've got click.

R


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 7:01 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] A2010 - colour of enabled/disabled button

Hi all

Is there a global setting for controlling the appearance of buttons on forms
to make a larger difference between the view of an enabled button and a
disabled button?

The themes don't make much difference, I think, and the property sheet of
the button only deals with clicked or non-clicked or mouse-over.

/gustav