Category Archives: Access Controls

How can I change the size of the checkbox on my form

This month, Doug Steele looks at how to have larger checkboxes and how to deal with code that gets unlinked from the control to which it’s supposed to be linked. How can I change the size of the checkbox on … Continue reading

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Handling groups of controls

This month in Access Answers, Doug Steele gathers together several questions around handling groups of controls to provide alternative solutions to a common problem. I have a number of controls on my form that I need to be able to … Continue reading

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Giving Your Access Form Controls Web-style Behaviors

If you’ve surfed the Web, you’ve noticed rollover behavior—you slide your mouse over a control and it’s highlighted. You can do the same in your Access applications and even make it useful. Andrew Wrigley.  shows you how. Web applications use … Continue reading

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Get More From Your List Boxes

Dave Gannon provides three neat tricks that you can use on your next form– provided you’’re familiar with the properties of the Access list box. I like list boxes and find them tremendously useful. In this article, I’’ll show you … Continue reading

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From Zoom Box to Custom Dialog

Mike Toole describes an alternative to the Zoom box that not only looks and works better but avoids the Zoom box’s spurious updates. His design can be used for creating any sophisticated custom dialog. You never have enough screen space. … Continue reading

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