Question

Increase size of form detail section to display more than one record.

Asked by: daniel_janes

I have a form which displays a list of data in the detail section. I seem to be unable to format the form so that it displays more than one record. Ideally i would like this section to be about 10cm.  
Chenging the height property of the detail section in design view results in an increase in the height used to dispaly a single record, not the section as a whole.
Many thanks.

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2007-06-15 at 04:10:36ID22636035
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Answers

 

by: peter57rPosted on 2007-06-15 at 04:41:46ID: 19290814

You automatically get one detail section per data record in your report's recordsource.
You design your report to set out how one record is to appear.  The size of the detail section should be for one record.  When you switch to preview you should then see each record in your data source.

 

by: shovavnikPosted on 2007-06-15 at 04:43:57ID: 19290827

It's a bit unclear what you mean.

Are you referring to the DetailsView data control available in .NET 2.0?
If so, it is designed specifically to show only one record.

If you want to to show more than one record, you should use a GridView, DataList or Repeater. All of them let you define a template that will be used to show each record displayed.

Also, if you want to limit the height of the section to 10cm, you can enclose it in a <div> element and set its styles to prevent overflow. This will cause modern browsers to show scroll bars only for that section. I don't recall off the top of my head exactly how to do this, but it looks something like the following. You can also apply the style to the control itself, in some cases.

<div style="height: 10cm; overflow-y: scroll;">
<!-- PLACE DATA CONTROL IN HERE -->
</div>

 

by: peter57rPosted on 2007-06-15 at 04:44:19ID: 19290829

Sorry - you said form, not report - I just realised.

Click the formheader - then click the Properties button to display the form properties- in the Format tab, set the Default View to Continuous form.

You still design your form the way you want one record in the list to appear though.

 

by: LSMConsultingPosted on 2007-06-15 at 04:48:53ID: 19290857

If you set your form's View to Continuous, you will see as many records as Access can fit. Still depends on the form's Detail height, as well as the overall height of the form, but you may be able to work with this more easily.

 

by: daniel_janesPosted on 2007-06-15 at 04:58:32ID: 19290925

Hi,
Sorry should have mentioned - I already have the form set to continuous view and can resize the form in 'form view' by simply pulling the edge of the form down. Cant have my users doing this though each time the form is opened.

I'm using Access 2003.
 

 

by: LSMConsultingPosted on 2007-06-15 at 05:02:48ID: 19290964

Why not? It's pretty common for users to size windows to their own desired size.

You can also use the Docmd.MoveSize command to set your form to whatever size you need.

 

by: daniel_janesPosted on 2007-06-15 at 05:22:12ID: 19291092

"Why not? It's pretty common for users to size windows to their own desired size."

lol - i guess the honest answer is that i pay my staff to work not re-size forms - thats what code is for.
The form needs to display a list of records every time it is opened it therefore needs to be sized appropriately.

The  Docmd.MoveSize command is exactly what i needed.

Thank you.

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