Access MVP (2010-2015)

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Navigate a Continuous Form like Excel…

Continuous forms allow you to display data resembling an Excel spreadsheet. However, you can’t navigate a Continuous form like you do an Excel spreadsheet (much to your Users dismay), well, that is, not until now…

In your modUtilities copy/paste the below (If you don’t have a modUtilities create one. It’s a place to keep all […]

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.Tag, you’re it…

The .Tag Property, not to be confused with Smart Tags, of a Control is probably the most under used and confusing Property of all. So what do you do with it? Here’s some examples…

1. Use it to Lock bound Controls…

Dim ctl As Control Dim frm As Form For Each ctl In frm.Controls If […]

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Custom Navigation Buttons…

While Access provides Navigation Buttons, they must always be at the bottom of the Form. This does not work for my Form designs (Figure 1). Using the code below you can put your Navigation buttons where you want them AND avoid the *No Current Record* message that happens when the underlying recordset contains no records. […]

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Custom Record Count…

There are times you want to display a Record Count on your Form. Or, maybe, you want to use your own Navigation Buttons but how to get the Record Count to display? Here are two options…

Click to see entire Form

txtPage is the name of the unbound TEXT field between the […]

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