Forms that contain more content than can fit on one screen can use page
breaks to enable you to use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys to display
the content on different screens. The Employees form in the sample database
NWIND.MDB uses this PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN key feature. This article shows
you how you can add a text box to the Employees form that, through the use
of a macro, displays the current page number when you press the PAGE UP or
PAGE DOWN keys.
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To add the page number feature to the Employees form, follow these steps.
CAUTION: Following the steps in this example will modify the sample
database NWIND.MDB. You may want to back up the NWIND.MDB file, or perform
these steps on a copy of the NWIND database.
| 1. | Create the following macro and save it as EmpFormPageNums:
Macro Name Action
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Page1 SetValue
Page2 SetValue
Page1 Actions
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SetValue
Item: [Forms]![Employees]![txtpageNum]
Expression: "Page #1 of 2"
Page2 Actions
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SetValue
Item: [Forms]![Employees]![txtpageNum]
Expression: "Page #2 of 2"
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| 2. | Open the Employees form in Design view, and set the form footer
section's Visible property to Yes.
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| 3. | Add a text box control to the form footer section, and set the control's
Name property as follows:
txtPageNum
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| 4. | Set the Employee ID control's OnEnter property as follows:
EmpFormPageNums.Page1
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| 5. | Set the Address control's OnEnter property as follows:
EmpFormPageNums.Page2
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| 6. | Close and save the form.
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| 7. | Open the Employees form in Form view. Note that when you use the PAGE UP
and PAGE DOWN keys to view the form, the text box in the form footer
section displays the current page you are on by using the Enter event
for the first control on each page. This technique works on the first
control on each page that has the lowest tab order.
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Microsoft Access "User's Guide," version 2.0, Chapter 24, "Macro Basics"
Microsoft Access "User's Guide," version 2.0, Chapter 25, "Using Macros
with Forms"
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