control in a control

[Husky]

I've created a DVD jewel template in access, and have a text box [control =
DVDID] within a text box [control = title]

Naturally the DVD ID is just to number the DVD's so it's a small box about 18
pt. wide enough for 4 numbers. But in the form, it's invisible. When I go to
print preview it's there.. Is there a way to have it appear while filling in
the blanks on the form ?

 

[Rick B]

You don't print forms, you print reports. Build a report to lok the way you
expect your reults to appear. You could add a button to your form that
would open the report for the selected record.

 

[Husky]

You don't print forms, you print reports. Build a report to lok the way you
expect your reults to appear. You could add a button to your form that
would open the report for the selected record.

I do print forms. It's how I enter the data. The moment I complete a CD cover,
I print it. Not in the habit of checking print preview..

After I wrote this the DVDID did appear, but disappeared just as quickly.
Haven't been able to get it to reappear while entering the data since.
It's like the two sidebars, their control is linked to the title.

I had to custom build this because there wasn't any forms I could find that
also worked in access.

I did it this way to kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Once I'm done, I can use the DB
for other projects, printouts reports, etc..

 

[John Vinson]

I do print forms. It's how I enter the data. The moment I complete a CD cover,
I print it. Not in the habit of checking print preview..

You're missing the point, perhaps because of the somewhat confusing
jargon used by Access.

An Access Form object is designed for data display, data entry, and
data editing onscreen.

An Access Report object is designed for printing data to paper.

Neither object is very good at doing the other's job.

If you want to print a "form" in the sense of "a piece of paper with
information on it" - like a CD cover - then the proper Access tool for
this purpose would be a Report. You can launch, and print, this Report
using a command button on the Form which you have just used to enter
the data which will be printed, if you wish; but you'll get strange
results if you try to print the Form itself.

John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[Husky]

You're missing the point, perhaps because of the somewhat confusing
jargon used by Access.

An Access Form object is designed for data display, data entry, and
data editing onscreen.

An Access Report object is designed for printing data to paper.

Neither object is very good at doing the other's job.

If you want to print a "form" in the sense of "a piece of paper with
information on it" - like a CD cover - then the proper Access tool for
this purpose would be a Report. You can launch, and print, this Report
using a command button on the Form which you have just used to enter
the data which will be printed, if you wish; but you'll get strange
results if you try to print the Form itself.

That's overkill and has nothing to do with my question.
Why would I waste time trying to design a report to print what prints just fine
from within the form itself ?
As for the DVDID appearing and disappearing, I found how to get it to appear,
but not how to KEEP it in view.

The form has 5 fields

s title DVDID s
i i
d d
e e
b b
a a
r image r
and the layout is as it appears above
The DVDID is also in the Title field.

If I touch the image the dvdid appears.
I don't see why it doesn't appear until after I've touched the image.
Not a big deal now that I know how to get it to appear, but it seems very
flaky. Now U C Me, now U don't.