panel equivalent

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Patrick

Hi all,

I have used Visual Studio a bit, and they have a tool called the panel.
Is there an equivalent in access?

I have a form with some buttons, and basically I want to display a load
of inputs, labels etc, depending on which button is selected. Kind of
like a tabbed page thing but without the tab or raised tab look.

has anyone got any suggestions on how i can do this?

thanks

Patrick
 
You could have all of the controls on the page, and make only those of
interest to you visible, depending on specific conditions.

For some techniques on how to group controls to help in toggling them on and
off, see my June 2004 and October 2004 "Access Answer" columns in Pinnacle
Publication's "Smart Access".

You can download the columns (and sample databases) for free at
http://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/SmartAccess.html
 
thats great, just what i was after. I haven't tried it yet, but from
reading your june issue, it looks exactly what i am trying to do, and
as i only have 4 different screens, it shouldn't be too difficult I
hope.

i do havea nother question with it though, you know you can set the
condition to display all properties with the right tag, when it comes
to design time, how do you go about building the other pages? wont all
the first page controls still be on the screen?

thanks

Patrick
 
All the controls will be visible in Design mode: setting them visible or not
doesn't change that.

You may want to set the controls' Top and Left properties when you make them
visible, just to ensure things look good!
 
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