Easy one -- Forms design grid

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Michael West

I'm using Access 2000 SP3 under XP Home.
When I open the Forms designer, I see a
grid of lines, and I know how to toggle it
on and off.

But in various tutorials I have looked at, the
grid is not lines, but dots.

So what I want to know is, how do I get the
dots instead of the lines?

(A search on "dots" in online help produces
nothing useful).

Thank you.
 
From the "X" ;; oops "Help" files

GridX, GridY Properties
You can use the GridX and GridY properties to specify the horizontal and
vertical divisions of the alignment grid in form Design view and report
Design view.

Setting

Enter an integer between 1 and 64 representing the number of subdivisions
per unit of measurement. If the Measurement System box is set to U.S. on the
Number tab of the Regional Settings Properties dialog box of Windows Control
Panel, the default setting is 24 for the GridX property (horizontal) and 24
for the GridY property (vertical).

You can set this property by using the property sheet, a macro, or Visual
Basic.

In Visual Basic, you set this property by using a numeric expression

Remarks

The GridX and GridY properties provide control over the placement and
alignment of objects on a form or report. You can adjust the grid for
greater or lesser precision. To see the grid, click Grid on the View menu.
If the setting for either the GridX or GridY properties is greater than 24,
the grid points disappear from view (although the grid lines are still
displayed).



Graham R Seach said:
Michael,

As far as I'm aware, the lines appear in Access, whereas, the dots appear in
Visual Basic.

Regards,
Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia

Microsoft Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0764559036.html
Click to expand...
 
Well, that's something I didn't know. I've never worked with precision less
than 24.

Michael, it looks like that's the only way - set GridX/GridY to a value
smaller than 24 (for imperial) or 10 (for metric).

Regards,
Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia

Microsoft Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0764559036.html


Chips said:
From the "X" ;; oops "Help" files

GridX, GridY Properties
You can use the GridX and GridY properties to specify the horizontal and
vertical divisions of the alignment grid in form Design view and report
Design view.

Setting

Enter an integer between 1 and 64 representing the number of subdivisions
per unit of measurement. If the Measurement System box is set to U.S. on the
Number tab of the Regional Settings Properties dialog box of Windows Control
Panel, the default setting is 24 for the GridX property (horizontal) and 24
for the GridY property (vertical).

You can set this property by using the property sheet, a macro, or Visual
Basic.

In Visual Basic, you set this property by using a numeric expression

Remarks

The GridX and GridY properties provide control over the placement and
alignment of objects on a form or report. You can adjust the grid for
greater or lesser precision. To see the grid, click Grid on the View menu.
If the setting for either the GridX or GridY properties is greater than 24,
the grid points disappear from view (although the grid lines are still
displayed).



Graham R Seach said:
Michael,

As far as I'm aware, the lines appear in Access, whereas, the dots
Click to expand...
appear
Click to expand...
 
I played around with it.

On my computer if I set it at anything above 24 the dots dissappear. That
might depend on one's video card, things like that.

GC


Chips said:
From the "X" ;; oops "Help" files

GridX, GridY Properties
You can use the GridX and GridY properties to specify the horizontal and
vertical divisions of the alignment grid in form Design view and report
Design view.

Setting

Enter an integer between 1 and 64 representing the number of subdivisions
per unit of measurement. If the Measurement System box is set to U.S. on the
Number tab of the Regional Settings Properties dialog box of Windows Control
Panel, the default setting is 24 for the GridX property (horizontal) and 24
for the GridY property (vertical).

You can set this property by using the property sheet, a macro, or Visual
Basic.

In Visual Basic, you set this property by using a numeric expression

Remarks

The GridX and GridY properties provide control over the placement and
alignment of objects on a form or report. You can adjust the grid for
greater or lesser precision. To see the grid, click Grid on the View menu.
If the setting for either the GridX or GridY properties is greater than 24,
the grid points disappear from view (although the grid lines are still
displayed).



Graham R Seach said:
Michael,

As far as I'm aware, the lines appear in Access, whereas, the dots
Click to expand...
appear
Click to expand...
 
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