ACC: Explanation of HasContinued and WillContinue Properties

ID: Q141622

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access versions 7.0, 97

SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article explains the HasContinued and WillContinue properties that are included in Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97, their usage, and their limitations.

MORE INFORMATION

HasContinued and WillContinue are report section properties that you can inspect to determine if part of a section has printed on the previous page or if part of a section will be printed on the next page.

You can either use the section name (as defined in the properties sheet) when referring to these properties:


   Me.Detail.WillContinue

Or you can reference the report's Section property:


   Me.Section(0).WillContinue

HasContinued is set when the Format event for the section occurs and evaluates to True if a portion of the current section was printed on the previous page. Because the Format event occurs prior to the Print event, HasContinued is only set to True if the FormatCount > 1 (the portion of the section on the next page is being formatted). Because of this, you can't determine if the detail section "has continued" by checking the HasContinued property in page header or page footer events. HasContinued is only useful when inspecting the property from within the section's own event procedures.

WillContinue is set when the Print event for the section occurs and evaluates to True if a portion of the current section will be printed on the next page. It remains True until the same section's next Print event occurs (PrintCount > 1). Therefore, you can check the detail section's WillContinue property in page header or page footer events.

Following are steps to toggle the Visible property of a "Continued from previous page" label in the page header and a "Continued on next page" label in the page footer using the WillContinue property:

Add a label control to a report's page header and set the following properties:


      Name: ContinuedFrom
      Caption: Continued from previous page
      Visible: No

Add a label control to a report's page footer and set the following properties:


      Name: ContinuedOn
      Caption: Continued on next page
      Visible: No

Type the following lines for the detail section's OnPrint event procedure:


      Me![ContinuedFrom].Visible = Me.Section(0).WillContinue
      Me![ContinuedOn].Visible = Me.Section(0).WillContinue

NOTE: These properties can return unexpected results if the section's KeepTogether property is set to No. With the KeepTogether property set to No, the section may break between pages at any point in the section: between controls, before the first control, or after the last control. This may cause a small portion of the section to be printed on one page or the other that doesn't actually contain a control. The HasContinued and WillContinue properties will be set to True even if a section is split across a portion that doesn't contain a control. To minimize this effect do not leave any blank space at the top or bottom of the section.

REFERENCES

For more information about the WillContinue property, search the Help Index for "WillContinue," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.

For more information about the HasContinued property, search the Help Index for "HasContinued," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.


Keywords          : kbusage RptLayou 
Version           : 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 23, 1999