Personalizing the Form any tips???? 2

[Rmck87]

I was wondering if anyone had any tips for me. I have a form with some combo boxes, and option groups, and one button. Are there any tips that anyone has for me to make my form look appealing? I have a company logo that i would like to put on the form, does anyone know if i can manually paste the picture in the form and still be able to move it around and yet it is viewed as an image, and it is transparent? Any ideas???

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[fneily]

You can use the image button from the toolbox to place an image in your form anywhere you want.
If you want to get fancy, go to design view of your form, select your form, and on the property sheet click in the box next to Picture. Click on the build button (the three dots) and select your image. Then your whole form has that picture as a background.
You can also put Flash movies on your form to add complex animation. I made a kaleidoscope for a company.

Here's a trick to make a "watermark" on a report:
In the Page Header section of design view of the report, place the pictures and/or labels in the appropriate positions you want them to appear on the report as a Watermark.
On the Page Header property OnFormat event, type the following:

Private Sub PageHeader_Format(Cancel As Integer, FormatCount As Integer)
Me.MoveLayout = False
End Sub

Neil

 

[GingerR]

other things you'll want to do if you haven't already:

in PROPERITES, set DIVIDING LINES to no
make sure any text boxes that you are merely using as labels have TAB STOP set to no, and ENABLED set to no. this way no one can click in to them (ugly). you might also want to put your own CLOSE button, and get rid of the CONTROL BOX. that way users cannot minimize your form and possibly go to other places where you don't want them to be.

if this is just a switchboard-type form, you could set NAVIAGATION BUTTONS to NO and RECORD SELECTORS to no. then it doesn't look like a data entry form.

have fun--g

 

[fneily]

I almost forgot. You can also make a CIRCULAR form. If you would like an example, just ask.

 

[Rmck87]

Sure, what is a circular form?


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[fneily]

Most, almost all, forms that you see are rectangular, squared edged. Well, you can create a round form, like a "happy face". Just because your monitor is rectangular doesn't mean your forms have to be.
Email me at fneily@hotmail.com and I'll send an example.

Neil

 

[Rmck87]

You said that i could make a watermark on a report, but can i do this on a form? or only on a report?

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[fneily]

I'm thinking on a form you'll have to create a .bmp, a very translucent .bmp, and use it as a picture. I haven't tried it though.

 

[Rmck87]

Thanks for the tips! If at any time anyone wants to give any others i would greatly appreciate them!

One Ring to Rule Them All, One Ring to Find Them, One Ring to Bring Them All, and in the Darkness Bind Them.