CanGrow Property not working.

[Guest]

I am a long time Access 2.0 user and recently upgraded to Access 2003,
converting my 2.0 MDB file to an Access 2000 MDB file.

I now find that reports that had functioning CanGrow controls, now don't
grow to print and vertically expanded control. I've tried to toggle the Can
Grow property from Yes to No to Yes again but still the reports don't print
correctly. I've also tried to copy the report into a new report and
compacting the database.

Any suggestions?

 

[Allen Browne]

CanGrow should work okay in the later versions.

The most common problem is if there is any other control overlapping or
beside the one that should grow. Any vertical overlap can cause the CanGrow
to be unworkable.

Perhaps you could make a copy of the report (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V in the Database
window), and in the copy delete all the controls except the one that
CanGrow. Once you have that working, you can begin the add the other
controls back from the original.

BTW, check the CanGrow property of the (Detail?) Section as well as the
control.

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

Perhaps in the import process, some of the controls
moved slightly, so that they now overlap? I think that
might have been a problem when converting from A2 to
A95 ????

(david)