Form movement

[Guest]

Hi I am new to Access please help...

I open a form that is centered on the screen. If I do anything like
printing a report and close that report the form that was open (in the
center) is no longer in the center. How do I correct this? I want the form
to be centered all the time....


Thank You for any help!

 

[Guest]

Try to set the Form Property "Moveable" (2nd one from the button) to "Yes".

 

[Guest]

Thank You for helping, that did not work and it was already set to "yes" so I
tried "no" but again the form moved anyways when I closed the report display.
But this time I could not move it back to the center of the screen.

I am trying to center any form I open (that works fine) but I want it to
continue to center when I open a report and then return back to the form...

Thank You For Any Help!

 

[molsonexpert]

How about the Auto Center form property? By default, I believe it's set to
No.

 

[Guest]

Do you have the Form Properties "Auto Center" and "Modal" to "Yes"?

 

[Guest]

Hi again and thank you. I already had auto center = "yes" but modal was "no"
so I changed and again it did the same thing. But this time I noticed that
on the form and only when I open a report a tool bar opens up causing the
form to space down. I need this tool bar for printing the report. Maybe if
I set the report to open maxium size this will make a differance I will try
and see.

thank You again!

 

[Guest]

After re-reading your original post and if I understand correctly, you want
the form to open at all time. Isn't it interfering from viewing the report?

The ways I have all my databases set up are:

When I click on a button on the form to open a report, the report opens and
the form closes. When I close the report, the database will take you back to
the form. I don't have the form opened all the time.

As far as toolbars and menu bars for the reports, I use the built-in
toolbars to allow the users to have all the basic functions. As far as setup
on the forms, I make them the popup forms, and I have a few buttons on the
forms just for the functionalities the users will need.

As far as general setup on the database, I hide all the objects (tables,
queries, etc.), and I uncheck all the options on the Startup window
(Tools|Startup), except the option "Allow Built-in Toolbars".

This whole setup will prevent the users have access to the objects. I think
this setup will work for your database.

As far as what you are looking for, unfortunately, it is beyond my
knowledge. I am pretty sure someone in the group will able to help you.
Good luck!