I'd like to change the default font that is used as for datasheet views in MS Access. Recently, I've upgraded from 2003 to 2016, and I can not find out how (via Google or otherwise) to change the default font that is used for displaying data in tables or queries.
I'm not looking for a way to set the font on a form. I want to change the default font that is used to display any data, in datasheet view.
I assume this may involve registry hack and I wouldn't mind that approach. Does anyone know if this setting can be changed?
For Office 365, open any form in design mode. In the Themes area of the ribbon, select Fonts. Select Customize Fonts. In the dialog box, select a Heading Font and a Body Font, create a name for this font theme, and then save. Access will use your selected Body Font for all datasheets unless you override.
Open RegEdit and go to this location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Access\Settings
I added a new string value named "Default Font Name" (without the quotes) and entered a value of "Arial Narrow" (no quotes). No re-boot is needed.
Open any existing Access file and the font will be changed in the datasheet view. Note: If you already have access running then close and re-open Access.
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I need to define my company-branded color palette for SSRS. This should be re-usable over several reports. I realized that I sometimes need to redefine the custom palette again and again, sometimes even on different controls in the same report, but always on a new report. I know I could copy and paste the colors in the RDL file but I want to avoid that
So I wondered since I know we can write extensions for reporting services, if there is a chance to change or create one of the default color palettes that already are shipped with ssrs? I looked around to find their definition on the Reporting Server but no luck. Anyone knows more?
I haven't found a way to change the default palettes in SSRS or even add a new one that can be used.
The most helpful thing I found to do was to create a custom palette in one chart. Then you can use that same custom palette in other charts. You can copy and paste the chart into new reports to use the same palette or make a template report with the chart (and the custom colors in it).
http://clarkcreations.net/blog/5-simple-things-i-always-forget-about-ssrs-custom-color-palette/
My current problem with using the custom palette is that the border has to be the same color as the fill color. This doesn't work with my new color scheming with dark borders and light fills:
I've got around this by creating a table in the database with the 9 corporate colour schemes included. I've also adapted the default report template so that it includes a dataset called "Palette" for the colours. I then just use =First(Fields!Official,"Palette") as an expression for the colours where needed. I also have to change the colours for staff with particular visual needs so using this I can select the scheme appropriate for the staff member whilst having the official palette used in other cases.
We're atm creating Reports with the reporting service, but it's not quite defined where to use which Font.
My easiest approach would have been to create a Variable per Report and set the Font in the expression:
Variables!FontStyle.Value
Sadly it doesn't seem to work. If I print the Variable-Text, I see the Font, but it seems like I need some sort of conversion.
As far as I found I've not seen any possibility to do such things, the only Idea would be with HTML-Tags, but I guess since there is a Font-Expression, there is a easier ways.
BTW: I'm really having a lot of small stuff, which bugs me a bit in SSRS, has someone some good articles / books for "Best practices" etc.?
Thanks in advance.
If you want to use a font style for the entire report you can set it with a variable. In the report properties there is a sub heading called Variables, click the dotted button to add a variable. In the report properties window click Add then give it a name you will refer to later like myFont, enter Pristina into the value as an example. Click okay.
Now to call your variable right click on some text and go to properties. In the text box property window click Font and then the fx button next to the font name, then enter your font variable you set earlier =Variables!myFont.Value.
There you go
I've created a hyperlink control on a form page in an Access 2013 App hosted in SharePoint 2013, and want the text to display the same text ("Print Timesheet") while the actual link itself varies based on the value of a field in the record. This is so that I can link to a separate application using a query string with the individual record ID, which gets the data directly from the azure database and formats it in order to be printed out.
I've tried a macro expression to create the link address that runs "on current" and sets the value of the hyperlink, and also tried a computed column in the table to create the link which I pass to the hyperlink control value. I've set the "Default Display Text" on the hyperlink control to "Print Timesheet" in both cases.
The problem I have is that whichever way I try it, changing the value on the fly like this overrides the default display text of the hyperlink so that it displays the address itself rather than the text I want to display.
Is there any way round this?
Thanks,
Duncan
I am not sure if you got your answers. I was randomly looking on internet and found your query.
I thought the thread Troubles with Hyperlink control in Access Web App forms may have your answer.
LILizEidsness replied on August 21, 2014See post history
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If you have to build a url field dynamically, the basic syntax is
displaytext#url#
so, in my dynamic field....
=Concat("Click here#/relative/path/on/my/sharepointsite/allitems.aspx&ID=",[ID],"#")
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You could use a label on the form to represent the link. Have the Label.Caption property set to "Print Timesheet" and use the On Current event to set the Label.HyperlinkAddress property to whatever the address from the recordsource is.
Using the Report designer in Visual Studio, I dragged and dropped a an Image control over onto the header but I'm lost as to what to do next. I need to choose the Source which gives me a choice between External, Embedded, Database and custom expression. I also have a Value property but it didn't prompt me to choose a file.
Any ideas?
On your Report Data view box (Where the report parameters, datasets etc) are shown, there is also a folder for Images.
Right click that and add the image you want.
Now when you use your image control you can choose Embedded and drop down any of the imagess included in the Images folder.
The External source is good for adding in a URL to the image and database is when the image is stored in one of your datasets.
Here is the solution if the report data view screen is missing
I found a way to do this:
If I open the report and give the focus to the report form (not one of the controls), I get a new menu item called Report at the top of Visual Studio. Open the Embedded Images... dialog and I can add a new image there. Then close that dialog and give focus to the image control that I want to have the static image. I can set its value property to one of the embedded images that I have added using the Embedded Images dialog.
I am using Reporting services,
I want to print out my report in landscape-format, and not in portrait-format, is there a property or any mode I have to change that I can create a landscape-formatted report?
You need to click outside of the body of the report (where the red box is)
This will bring up the Report Properties (my properties tab shows up on the right)
Here, you need to swap the height and width of the `PageSize' Field
Then when SSRS tries to decide if this should be a portrait or a landscape it will know, without a doubt, that this is a landscape Report.
You can select the report property (right click on the background) and specify the paper size and the orientation there.
that is what it uses for printing
I am using Visual Studio 2010 with Business Intelligence Studio 2012
The report settings from VS2010 is working well for setting paper size, orientation and margins. (As suggested by Malachi, but just giving VS screenshots)
This can be accessible from VS menu as pictured below:
I believe that you can't do that explicitly.
I searched on the same question in context with SQL-2008.
Result was that RS decides by itself, based on content.
But I can prove it by giving you some link.
EDIT
I searched especially in context of tablix report.
Note: Sometimes you can have this set correctly and the printer simply ignores the settings and does whatever it's internal properties are set to. One work around to that is to print to PDF and then print the PDF document. Another is to manually change the printer properties before printing the document.