Sub form - screen will not scroll

[Guest]

I have a sub form which is presented in continuous form format. It has too
many controls for all of them to be visible on the screen. The problem is
that when I tab through the controls the screen does not scroll when the
cursor moves off the screen. The cursor moves to the next control, but I
have to manually move the scroll bar to see it. The scrolling works when the
form is opened as a stand alone form, but not when it is a sub form.

 

[AlCamp]

Phil,
Although I avoid multi-screen forms like the plague...
In the few instances where it was necessary I placed a "dummy" control at
the far left of my subform. (ex. [RightBumper]) and I place it on the right
page of the subform so that when you GOTOControl it, it will show all of
the right portion of the subform.

When I exit the rightmost field on the "main" subform screen I do a
GOTOControl "RightBumper"

Of course, I then immediately do a GoToControl to send it to the next
subform field you would have tabbed into normally.


RightBumper
| main subform | right portion X |

The actual navigation is a bit more involved... but this is the gist of
how to get a two part subform to display/navigate more easily.

hth
Al Camp

 

[Guest]

Al,
Thanks for the reply. However, I must be doing something wrong because no
matter where I exit from the main form or goto on the sub, the leftmost
portion of the sub displays on the screen. Then when tabbing to the left,
the cursor "disappears" when tabbing off the screen. Goto's will not make
the screen scroll. I think it has to do with the sub form not being the
active form.
Phil

Phil,
Although I avoid multi-screen forms like the plague...
In the few instances where it was necessary I placed a "dummy" control at
the far left of my subform. (ex. [RightBumper]) and I place it on the right
page of the subform so that when you GOTOControl it, it will show all of
the right portion of the subform.

When I exit the rightmost field on the "main" subform screen I do a
GOTOControl "RightBumper"

Of course, I then immediately do a GoToControl to send it to the next
subform field you would have tabbed into normally.


RightBumper
| main subform | right portion X |

The actual navigation is a bit more involved... but this is the gist of
how to get a two part subform to display/navigate more easily.

hth
Al Camp

I have a sub form which is presented in continuous form format. It has too
many controls for all of them to be visible on the screen. The problem is
that when I tab through the controls the screen does not scroll when the
cursor moves off the screen. The cursor moves to the next control, but I
have to manually move the scroll bar to see it. The scrolling works when the
form is opened as a stand alone form, but not when it is a sub form.

 

[AlCamp]

Phil,
Probably there is something I'm not understanding about your problem.
I've used my method to cause the main subform to jump over to display the
whole "right" portion of that same subform... when it exits from the last
right hand field on the "main" portion of the subform.
Try posting this question again... with as much detail as possible, and
someone may have another idea on this.
Al Camp

Al,
Thanks for the reply. However, I must be doing something wrong because no
matter where I exit from the main form or goto on the sub, the leftmost
portion of the sub displays on the screen. Then when tabbing to the left,
the cursor "disappears" when tabbing off the screen. Goto's will not make
the screen scroll. I think it has to do with the sub form not being the
active form.
Phil

Phil,
Although I avoid multi-screen forms like the plague...
In the few instances where it was necessary I placed a "dummy" control at
the far left of my subform. (ex. [RightBumper]) and I place it on the right
page of the subform so that when you GOTOControl it, it will show all of
the right portion of the subform.

When I exit the rightmost field on the "main" subform screen I do a
GOTOControl "RightBumper"

Of course, I then immediately do a GoToControl to send it to the next
subform field you would have tabbed into normally.


RightBumper
| main subform | right portion X |

The actual navigation is a bit more involved... but this is the gist of
how to get a two part subform to display/navigate more easily.

hth
Al Camp

I have a sub form which is presented in continuous form format. It

has
too

many controls for all of them to be visible on the screen. The problem is
that when I tab through the controls the screen does not scroll when the
cursor moves off the screen. The cursor moves to the next control, but I
have to manually move the scroll bar to see it. The scrolling works

when
the

form is opened as a stand alone form, but not when it is a sub form.