Can The Autofilter Drop Down Arrow Be Reformatted To A Different Colour?
Dec 17, 2007
Hi,
Possibly a silly question.
The drop down triangle toggles from black to dark blue when a filter is on. I find the difference quite difficult to distinguish without giving my age away, screwing my face up and leaning into the monitor. :(
I would like to reformat the triangle to toggle to, say, bright red when the filter is on.
I have a field in a Contacts table called Referred By. I also have a separate table called Referred By which contains a numeric ID and a value for each Referrer. When I enter data into the Contacts table, I want the Referred By field to have a down arrow so that I can select the appropriate value. The Referred By table has 2 fields -- ID (AutoNumber) and Referred By (Long Text). There are currently 5 values in the Referred By Table.
I have a pop up form with a datasheet as a sub form. We use the up and down arrows to move between records. The problem is using the down arrow is 4 to 5 times slower than using the up arrow. This becomes a big problem when we hold down the arrow to move down 50 or more records. I believe it has something to do with the way the screen is repainted because in testing if I shrink the datasheet to show only 3 or 4 records the up and down movement is almost identical and matches the performance of the excel spreadsheet that this form was based on. Is there any fix for this?
Hi, I have DAP which is generated on behalf of a query. When I designed DAP, I placed field names in the Caption section & removed default navigation toolbar so I could have table-like view of that data in the browser. I also use on one field group flter option.
**Is it possible to somehow use group filter option on more than one field in one DAP, but in that way so when choosing values from that fields I don't have to select values from all group filter fields to get the output?**
I would like to have control on that DAP like Autofilter option in Excel, and by aplying group filter on more more that one fileld I can't get the same functioality like in Excel when using Autofilter.
Is it possible to implement that kind of functionality at all in DAP?
I have a SearchResult Form, it only display search results. one of the field in this form is a LookUp field (Nationality).
and LookUp fields, as you know has this arrow next to them.
and since this form display only the results, i don't need this arrow. how can I remove it?
i tried using a text field, but it will only display the code of the nationality because the discription is in another field (that's why I used a lookup so I can select the discription in the Row Source) and text field dosn't have Row Source.
As a user types, combo boxes have a "live update" function that fills in the rest of the box based on the row source of the combo box. Can a user can use the arrow keys to navigate through the current options based on what they have currently typed?
I'm thinking of something like when you are typing something into an internet search engine, multiple content options appear below and you can either continue typing--thus narrowing the result--or use the arrow keys or mouse to select one of the content options that have appeared.Is there any function similar to this in Access?
Is there anyway that access could create a drop down box within a drop down box? For instance, when a selection is made in a drop down box, it opens another drop down box with choices.And is it possible to link an inserted image from a form to open in MSPaint that when it opens, the image is already there?
I have a drop box that has four selections from a table (NORTH, EAST,SOUTH or WEST) I also have a another table that has two fields which is a NAME of a person and either NORTH, EAST,SOUTH,WEST depending on the persons name. What I need to happen (within a form) is that when I select NORTH from a drop down box, I can then select names in another drop down box that correspond to NORTH only. Then only names from the South list if I select SOUTH etc
I have checked the forum for tab colour/color and there is plenty telling me the background colour of the tab control but I couldnt find a single thread on the actual colour of the tab - you know (in Access 2003 anyway), that sort of off white colour. I have put a subform onto one tab but I cant get the background colour of the form to match the off-white colour of the tab.
Does anyone know the RGB or Access number for this off white tab color?
Hi, I have a text box on a form that I want to link to a colour pallette. I want it so that when a user clicks in the box, the colour pallette appears, the user then selects a colour rom the pallette and the text box turns that colour. I'm sure ive seen example of this sort of thing but I cant find them. Any ideas anyone?
Im using a colour picker to change the colour of a text box on click. I need to store the colour in the text box. At the moment it changes the colour of the text box in every record. How can I overcome this? Thanks!
This should be an easy one for somebody. I'm a newbie to access and I'm experimenting with a tabbed form. My problem is if I create a new form with (say) two tabs, the area to the right of the tabs(where more tabs would be inserted) is white and I don't know how to change it to blend in with the rest of the page. Hope I'm making myself clear.:(
Hi We have created some forms using (in some cases) the form wizard. As you may know you have to select a "Background Style" when using the wizard. Now we want to change the background from one of these styles to a colour - but when we select it in Properties and try to apply it, it seems to flicker but does not seem to have any effect. Can anybody help us out please ? many thanks ajm
I am trying to produce either a report or a form that displays records 1 to a line. That bits easy enough using a tabular layout. I would like to make text boxes that hold the data a differnt colour on each alternate line. So the background colour changes from white, then green, white , green etc.
Hi all, i'm having a rather annoying problem. When I view my report I have 2 sets of conditional formatting that run, one that changes the back colours of certain fileds when the criteria is meet, and the second, the text colour of certain fields, both of which work fine when previewing the report. However, when I print the report, any of the back colour in the preview does not print out but text colour does. If I print from another office programme i.e. Word, block colour is printed fine its just seems to not work in my access.
Please note that if the same report is printed from another computer, it prints fine.
Please does anyone have any idea on why this is happening and how to sort it. Thanks in advance for any ideas and help.
I use forms to display client info and i would like to know if the following is possible, and if so, how ?
When a clients installation date is older than 6months old (date is in a text box) i would like the form's background to change colour for that paticular client.
eg/ if the clients installation date was 7 months ago, the form's background would change red - but only to that client.
I have been searching for a setting that enables me to change the background colour of a tab control on a form. It may be something obvious that I have missed.
Changing the type to 'transparent' and setting the form background colour does not seem to work.
Ok what I would like to do is have a switchboard with a number of command buttons on, each button opens to a form with a few fields within them.
Is it possible for the initial switchboard labels to be 'red', then as the related form is opened and populated the switchboard label turns 'amber' and once the form is complete the switchboard label is 'green'. See example piccie attached, to get a better understanding!
This is to enable multiple users to see at a glance the status of various jobs.
If anyone knows how I can go about this or suggest any alternatives, I'm open to suggestion.