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Follow up to Transparency Forms
05 May 08 05:47 PM

Renaud posted some comments to the previous post about transparency forms and made some really cool enhancements to the code, along with a note about using a class module to make it easier to use. This is how I use transparency forms in my own implementations Read More...

Postedby robcooper | 23 Comments    

Filed under: User Interface, Form, Code

Modal Dialogs with Transparent Backgrounds
28 April 08 05:20 PM

If you've taken a look at some web sites recently, you may have noticed an effect where items (usually images or videos) are brought to the foreground using an effect called a lightbox . The effect is used to dim (or sometimes lighten) the background Read More...

Postedby robcooper | 21 Comments    

Filed under: User Interface, Form, Code

Kiosk Forms
27 April 08 09:23 PM

One of my favorite tricks with forms in Access has always been what I call a kiosk form. A kiosk form is a form that takes up the entire screen and is one that you might find in a store or shopping center displaying information. For example, a real estate Read More...

Postedby robcooper | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Macro, User Interface, Form, Code

Color Support in Access 2007
07 September 07 07:50 PM

This is the next installment in a series of posts about Access 2007 originally made by one of our developers on the Access team on his own blog that I'm moving here for the broader audience to enjoy. "I find color schemes that I just like and that just Read More...

Postedby Zac Woodall | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Access 2007, Report, User Interface, Form, Style

Image Buttons
04 September 07 09:38 PM

This is the first installment in a series of posts about Access 2007 originally made by one of our developers on the Access team on his own blog that I'm moving here for the broader audience to enjoy. Up until this point, Access has supported command Read More...

Postedby Zac Woodall | 9 Comments    

Filed under: Access 2007, Report, User Interface, Form, Graphic

New Access 2007 Articles on Office Online
13 August 07 06:33 PM

Thanks to Jeff Conrad on the Access test team for this: Office Online now has published four articles with material pulled from the Microsoft Office Access 2007 Inside Out book. This enormous book, published by Microsoft Press, is co-authored by Access Read More...

Postedby Zac Woodall | 5 Comments    

Filed under: Access 2007, Report, Macro, Navigation Pane, Template, User Interface, Reference, Form, Layout View

WYSIWYG Form Authoring
14 April 06 01:34 PM

Last week we looked at the WYSIWYG report authoring tools , this week we'll take a look at the similar forms designer. Since forms generally don't repeat like reports do this designer looks more like the old form authoring tools than the report designer Read More...

Postedby Erik Rucker | 16 Comments    

Filed under: Access 2007, User Interface, Form

Starting from Scratch
28 February 06 04:21 PM

Sorry for the extra time since the last post, I got run over with some other work when I got back and am just getting through that. Last time, we talked about modifying the issues tracking app . This time, we'll look at starting from scratch, but again Read More...

Postedby Erik Rucker | 13 Comments    

Filed under: Access 2007, Report, User Interface, Form

Customizing the Issues Template
13 February 06 11:14 AM

Last time, we looked at the Issues tracking application that will ship with Access 12 and provide a simple place for users to get started with Access. This time, we'll look at some of the new tools available to modify that application. Each of these toolsets Read More...

Postedby Erik Rucker | 17 Comments    

Filed under: Access 2007, Report, Template, User Interface, Form, Layout View