ACC2000: Vertical Lines in Report Do Not Grow with Section

• Microsoft Access 2000

SYMPTOMS

Vertical line controls do not increase in height when you place them in a report section even if you set the CanGrow property for the section to Yes.

RESOLUTION

Use the Line method to prevent broken lines if the report section grows. The following example uses the sample database Northwind.mdb to demonstrate how to use the Line method.

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.



2. In the Database window, click Reports, and then click New.



3. In the New Report box, click AutoReport: Columnar, click Employees in the Choose the table or query where the object's data comes from box, and then click OK.



4. Set the OnOpen property of the report to the following event procedure:




Private Sub Report_Open(Cancel as Integer)
   DoCmd.Maximize
End Sub 

5. Set the OnClose property of the report to the following event procedure:




Private Sub Report_Close()
    DoCmd.Restore
End Sub 

6. Set the OnPrint property of the detail section to the following event procedure:




Private Sub Detail_Print(Cancel as Integer, PrintCount as Integer)
    Me.ScaleMode = 1
    Me.ForeColor = 0

    'Repeat the following line of code for each vertical line
    '1 * 1440 represents 1 inch.
    Me.Line (0 * 1440, 0) - (0 * 1440, 14400)
    Me.Line (1 * 1440, 0) - (1 * 1440, 14400)
    Me.Line (1.9 * 1440, 0) - (1.9 * 1440, 14400)
    Me.Line (5.5 * 1440, 0) - (5.5 * 1440, 14400)

    'The 14400 is an arbitrary number to increase the line
    'to the max of a section.
End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about the Circle method, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q2103365 ACC2000: How to Use the Circle Method on a Report

Additional query words: prb

Keywords          : kbusage kbdta FmrProb 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 16, 1999