ACC1x: Run-Time Version Partially Displays Sorting And Grouping

ID: Q101373

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

In the run-time version of Microsoft Access, a report's Sorting And Grouping dialog box is partially displayed. You can see the box's title bar, as well as the title bar of the Group Properties section.


RESOLUTION

If you create an application for distribution, and you want to change the sorting and grouping properties for a report in the application without allowing the user to see the dialog box, set the Echo action's Echo On argument to No, so that the screen is not updated while the macro is running.

You can also prevent users from switching to Design view by using macros and forms to control what actions the user can take while in the application.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Access Distribution Kit version 1.1. This problem no longer occurs in the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem


  1. In the sample database NWIND.MDB, create the following macro: 
    
      Macro Name     Action
      -----------------------
      Test1        OpenReport
                   DoMenuItem

      Test1 Actions:
      --------------------------------
      OpenReport
         Report Name: Catalog
         View: Design
      DoMenuItem
         Menu Bar: Report
         Menu Name: View
         Command: Sorting And Grouping


  2. Save this macro as AUTOEXEC. Close the database and quit Microsoft Access.


  3. Start the run-time version of Microsoft Access with NWIND.MDB. To do this, switch to Program Manager and choose Run from the File menu. Type the following in the command line:

    C:\ACCESS\MSARN110.EXE NWIND.MDB

    Note that the Sorting And Grouping dialog box is partially displayed. As you tab through the dialog box, cells that contain text are visible.



REFERENCES

For information about other methods of sorting and grouping reports, search for "GroupHeader," "GroupFooter," "GroupInterval," or "GroupOn" using the Microsoft Access Help menu.

Additional query words: runtime run-time 


Keywords          : kbusage RptSort 
Version           : 1.1
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: March 25, 1999