Multiple Columns on Form??

[Guest]

Is it possible to create 2 or 3 columns on a form? I have a form with a
single field in the Detail Section and an Option Group/various buttons in the
Form Footer. Instead of scrolling the detail section up/down in Form View
mode; I would prefer to contain the whole dataset in multiple columns across
the upper portion of the page. I changed the Page Set-Up to 2 columns but
that only works for printing. Any way to do this?

 

[Guest]

David,

You can place controls anywhere you want on your forms, including in a
multi-column arrangement. Either pick & drag a control into place, set the
Left and Top properties manually, or, more efficiently, use the Format, Align
command to align a set of controls all at once, and the various Format,
spacing commands that space them evenly.

The order in which the cursor moves from one control to another is
determined by the control's Tab Order property. The most efficient way to
put them in order is View, Tab Order, and drag the fields into the order in
which they appear on screen. If you select Auto Order, they will go left to
right, then top to bottom.

Hope that helps.
Sprinks

 

[Guest]

Maybe I am missing something here....how do you create a multiple column
arrangement in a form?

 

[Rick Brandt]

Maybe I am missing something here....how do you create a multiple
column arrangement in a form?

Multiple controls that expose a single record can be arranged in columns.
Multiple *records* can only be shown in a single column. It might be posssible
to kludge something together with multiple subforms, but my guess is that it
would be complicated and problematic.

 

[Guest]

Sorry, David; I didn't read carefully. My only suggestion would be to try
Steven Lebans website; if anyone would have the patience and talent to tackle
this Access inadequacy, it'd be him.

www.lebans.com

Sprinks

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

A good solution is to use sub-forms. Here is some screen shots of having
some controls, and some others show "many" records of the one record.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Articles/Grid.htm