Left and Top properties

[monrosal]

This may be a dumb question but how do I write script to populate these properties in a form. I've tried:
me!box.left = "0.1"""
and
me!box.left = 0.1

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks for your help

 

[Durkin]

I'm pretty sure you must use an integer(in the mathematical sense) when setting this property. Durkin
alandurkin@bigpond.com

 

[MichaelRed]

Durkin,

Well ... Sort of.

See the code below. It may show what is going on.

Private Sub Form_Activate()

    'To Demo Moving a control @ run time
    'Native Screen positions are shown as inches in the properties
    'but are stored Internally as "Twips".  there are 1444 Twips per Inch
    'So it is necessary to do a conversion.

    Const Left1 = 3.1979        'Just for illustration.  Original Position
    Const Left2 = 4.0979        'Just for Illustration.  Desired New Position

    Const Top1 = 1.0104         'Just for illustration.  Original Position
    Const Top2 = 1.1104         'Just for Illustration.  Desired New Position

    Const TwipsPerIn = 1444     'Conversion from "Twips" to Inches


    If (Abs(Me.txtNValues.Top - Top1 * TwipsPerIn) <= 100) Then
        Me.txtNValues.Top = Top2 * TwipsPerIn
        Me.txtNValues.Left = Left2 * TwipsPerIn
     Else
        Me.txtNValues.Top = Top1 * TwipsPerIn
        Me.txtNValues.Left = Left1 * TwipsPerIn
    End If

End Sub

MichaelRed
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