Is there a way in Access 2016 to make the Access objects Icons smaller, I have a lot of objects in the database and the icons are very big.
Ideally like the picture on the right, I am sure that i am missing something simple, but not been in Access for a long time. I have looked around in the access navigation options etc, but cant seem to find an option for this.
Right click at a free space below that tables list (not directly on a table).
Click "View By"
Choose "List".
And it looks exactly like your right screenshot.
By the way "List" is the default so you must somehow have changed it to "Details" previously.
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I was moving tablixes around my page and ended up with some stuck inside the header row of another like so;
It definitely isn't overlaid, I have that going on with my other tablixes at the top of the page, as intended. These have somehow merged so when I try to grab the corner handle I have to click it multiple times to turn into the move handle and then only the main table is moveable, I can't grab and move the tables that have merged into the bigger one.
It's stopped the report from running and I can't find a way to take it out, I can't undo past a certain point either as I saved and rebooted my PC before I realised it was this problem that was causing my errors.
Does anyone know any way to take the damn things back out or do I have to redo hours of work? :'(
Refer to the screenshot below.
Click somewhere inside the nested table. You should see the column/row outlines like in the picture
Left click the top left corner handle
Ctrl-x to cut and then ctrl-v to paste somewhere else on the page.
In a broader context, you can use the right-click and then Select option to select any item that is layered with others.
I suppose that my question will be considered silly, but I'm really stuck.
How can I view all tables in the *.accdb file?
I use Microsoft Access from Office 14 to open and edit that file. Then I go to the Database Tools tab and select Relationships, where I expect to see all the tables, but actually I can't.
I see there some tables and even saved queries. And some of these queries use tables, that I can not find.
I'm newbie to the Access, but have to make some edits to the database.
UPD:
Somehow I've managed to view necessary tables through the maze of Object dependencies. Is there a more simple way?
It sounds like some tables are set as Hidden and you don't have the View Hidden Objects setting checked.
Press F11 to show the navigation pane if it is hidden. While that is open, right-click the top of the bar and choose Navigation Options. In the next screen, you'll see an area Display Options, whose first checkbox is Show Hidden Objects. This will allow you to see greyed icons for hidden tables in the navigation pane. It also adds the names of hidden tables to the "Show table..." box in the Relationships.
In relationships right click anywhere in the empty box, show table, select all tables, click add
I have a form including listboxes. I'm trying to change order of listboxes. I tried bring front or send back but they are not working in form view. I found z index property for arranging their priority. However, following codes are not working. Is this correct way to do it? Or is there any other way with or without codes to do this?
Me.Controls.SetChildIndex (Me.List0 , Me.List1)
Thanks for any help.
Without using code:
You can change the z-order by right-clicking any control and selecting "Position" then selecting either "Bring to Front" or "Send to Back."
Unfortunately, Access does not support the ZOrder method for manipulation using code. Microsoft Forms does support the ZOrder method which can get confusing when it comes up on Access Help.
As I reread your question, I wonder if you're talking about tab order. If so, right-click and bring up "Properties," select the "Other" tab, then adjust the "Tab Index" property. Also, make sure that the "Tab Stop" property immediately beneath is set to "Yes." In code you would use FormName.ControlName.TabIndex=0 to set a control to the first tab position.
Hope this helps!
Reference: Personal experience (and hours of frustration)
docmd.RunCommand acCmdDesignView
forms("form1").Controls("text0").inselection=true
docmd.runcommand acCmdSendToBack '(or docmd.runcommand acCmdBringToFront)
docmd.RunCommand acCmdFormView
Also, ZOrder is still not supported by Access 2016. As such, I have not yet learned a way to write a single line of code that puts a control in between two others, I just send the middle to back and then the back to back, and expand this to however many controls have to overlap.
And last, even though you use the VBA for ZOrder, your English does ambiguously sound like forms("form1").Controls("text0").TabIndex=34, which as Olek suggested, is also quite simple.
I did this on one Access form: The control I wanted on top I just cut and pasted it back to the form, then moved it over the one I wanted to cover. In this case, it was a text box (bound), almost the same size as a combo box (unbound); only the dropdown of the combo extended a bit to the right of the text box, so when the form was loaded the text box looked like a combo box. The user clicked the dropdown and made a choice and the record(s) pulled up were reflected in the text box.
I have two list boxes in a form. One of them is bigger than other. Smaller one was placed at the back of bigger one. I tried position > bring front for smaller one and position > send back for bigger one, but didn't work. Also, tried to change Tab index in Other menu and wrote codes Me.Repaint and Me.List.SetFocus but they didn't work neither. Is there any way to change to bring smaller list front?
Right clicking on the listbox and select Position -> bring to front should work (in Access 2013), but the layout of two listboxes are a bit messed up then.
A Listbox is not ment to be on another listbox, and I cannot imagine why you want to do this. What are you trying to achieve here?
I would like the user to import the files into my Access VBA, I wonder if I can make the interface to be a bit like Windows Explorer:
With the window split into 2 halves, user can highlight the directory on the left half, and then the right half will show the files inside (even better if it can filter the file with specific extension), the use can select the files by clicking the checker box.
Is it possible in Access 2007 VBA, I don't want to reinvent the wheel again.
Thanks.
Have a look at
How to: Display and Use the File Dialog Box
Nothing built in as far as I know so that leaves rolling you own. If it was me doing it I would be doing something like this
Treeview control on the left
Listview control on the right
Two buttons in the middle one to add one to remove
The Treeview would be populated with the file structure of the machine (links at the end on how to do this)
When the user clicks on the add button it adds the full path and the file name to the listview in separate columns.
A bit of a pain but not that hard once you break it down
Link to how to get file info in VBA
http://www.everythingaccess.com/tutorials.asp?ID=List-files-recursively