Add controls (shapes) to form programmatically

[Dale Fye]

Access 2003.

I am trying to create a customized graph that displays a variety of
information on a single page (this will actually be on a form and a report).
I want to be able to create controls (lines, circles, boxes, and other
shapes) and place them on my form/report programmatically. I know I'll have
to open the form in design view, but I don't know how to programmatically add
one of these control types (are shapes available as they are in PowerPoint)?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jeanette Cunningham]

Dale,
I would think you would need to have those shapes already on your form as
bitmaps inside unbound image controls but hidden.
When you want to use one, make it visible and to the size and position you
need. I can see this working on a form, but I am a bit out of touch with how
to do this on a report.

Jeanette Cunningham