How to make scroll bars work

[chasmith17]

Hello,
Can anyone tell me how to make scroll bars work on forms. They work fine in design mode mode, just can't figure out how to make them work in Form View. Thanks,

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

what is the borderstyle of the form?

also try reducing the size of form in normal mode

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Zameer Abdulla
Help to find Missing people
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[chasmith17]

Hello ZmrAbdulla,
It doesn't seem to matter what my border style is set to, it still doesn't work. Also, shrinking the form does not make it work either. Any other ideas?

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

You mean scrollbar on form not on any controls like textbox.. right?

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Zameer Abdulla
Help to find Missing people
Sharp acids corrode their own containers.

 

[chasmith17]

right.

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

And you set
Form Properties > Format > ScrollBars = Both
?

________________________________________________________
Zameer Abdulla
Help to find Missing people
Sharp acids corrode their own containers.

 

[chasmith17]

Yes.

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

Try creating another form if this one is corrupted(happens once in a while)

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Zameer Abdulla
Help to find Missing people
Sharp acids corrode their own containers.

 

[chasmith17]

This feature never works, no matter if it is a new form or not. That's why I thought I was doing something wrong. ?????????????

 

[kjv1611]

As far as the form size, what you need to look at is this:

Is your "Detail" section larger than the window you are looking at your form in. If you have default settings on the form for scroll bars, etc, then it should give you both scroll bars.

The window frame has to be smaller than the "detail" section - the grid where you put all the controls.

Does this make sense?

 

[chasmith17]

kjv1611,
The window frame is alot smaller than the detail section. I just now thought how I have confused everyone, I meant to post on how to use the mouse wheel to control the scroll bars? Sorry for the confusion....

 

[kjv1611]

As far as scrolling with the mouse wheel, it should work fine when the cursor is over the scroll bar you wish to control at the moment (unless you have one of the new ones that has the side-to-side action as well as normal scrolling - then you have more options). I would think the only thing that would affect this would be the mouse driver settings. If it is not working, make sure you have the correct driver installed for the correct mouse, and that the settings are set correctly in the Mouse properties under Control Panel.

 

[chasmith17]

Like I said earlier, the wheel works in design mode just not in form mode.