MouseWheel Question

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Charles D Clayton Jr

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I have a subform that lists several thousand items in a datasheet
format. I notice that I am having to spend a great deal of time
scrolling to different records on the form. I was wondering if it is
possible to use the mouse wheel to speed that up. If all my records
are in alphabetical order, would it be possible to use the mousewheel
to scroll to the first A, then B, then C, etc.?

Thanks,

Charles D Clayton Jr
 
Wouldn't it be much easier to set up a text box in which you could type
an item you are looking for, then go right to it instead of scrolling?
You could certainly set up small command buttons to advance through the
list "one letter" at a time.
Pavel
 
Easier is in the eye-of-the-beholder and your suggestion is a good one
but I was hoping to use the mousewheel. I think that it would be
easier for the user to just turn the wheel as opposed to going to a
text box and typing a letter. However, if no-ones of a way to use the
mousewheel in this fashion, then I probably will end up doing
something along the lines of your suggestion.

Thanks,

Charles D Clayton Jr
 
With A2K2 or higher you could use the MouseWheel event to simulate the
interface you desire.

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Is there any solution that will enable scrolling of a datasheet view
subform in Access97? I've found that the Intellipoint v4.12 driver
will enable scrolling...but many of my users either don't want to
install that old driver, or they find that it conflicts with other
software.

John
 
My results with freewheel seem a bit inconsistent...sometimes it works
fine and other times not at all. I'm typically running under WinXP,
normally without any Intellipoint software. What configuration do you
use?

I'd love to move to a newer version of Access to get better
scroll-wheel support...but I distribute the runtime on the web...and
people already complain about a 10MB distribution.

Thanks!

John
 
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My results with freewheel seem a bit
inconsistent...sometimes it works
fine and other times not at all. I'm typically running
under WinXP,
normally without any Intellipoint software. What
configuration do you
use?

I'd love to move to a newer version of Access to get
better
scroll-wheel support...but I distribute the runtime on the
web...and
people already complain about a 10MB distribution.

Thanks!

John
Click to expand...

Windows XP pro sp2, Access 97 and 2000. Looks like the bog
standard mouse drivers. Mouse is an MS optical usb
wheelmouse.

There are occasions when you may want to intercept the wheel
clicks in which case you should take a look at Stephen
Lebans' mouse hook;

http://www.lebans.com/mousewheelonoff.htm


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