ACC1x: Description of PrtMip Property

• Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1

SUMMARY

This article is a copy of the PrtMip property documentation from the "The Secrets of Access Wizards" manual that is included with the Microsoft Access Distribution Kit documentation.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Access Basic and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information on Access Basic, please refer to the "Introduction to Programming" manual.

MORE INFORMATION

The PrtMip property setting is read-write in Design view, and read-only in other views.

PrtMip Property

Applies To    Reports.

Description   Sets and returns information from print setup for a
              report.

Setting       The PrtMip property setting is a 24-character string
              that maps to the print setup information displayed after
              you press the More button. It takes the following
              settings:

              Setting        Description
              --------------------------------------------------------
              Left, Top,     Integer for each. The margin settings
              Right,         specify the distance in inches or
              Bottom Margin  centimeters between the edge of the page
                             and the item to be printed.

              Data Only      Integer. Print only the data in a report
                             without borders, gridlines, or display
                             graphics. The value can be True (-1) or
                             False (0).

              Item Size      Integer. The report width in inches or
              Width          centimeters.

              Item Size      Integer. The report height in inches or
              Height         centimeters.

              Default Size   Integer. True (-1) if the same as the
                             size of the detail section and False (0)
                             if defined by the item size width and
                             height.

              Items Across   Integer. Defines the number of columns
                             across for multiple-column reports or
                             labels.

              Row Spacing    Integer. The space between detail rows in
                             inches or centimeters.

              Column         Integer. The space between detail columns
              Spacing        in inches or centimeters.

              Item Layout    Integer. Horizontal (1) or Vertical (2)
                             layout of report columns.

Example       Reads the device and margin information, resets the page
              orientation, and halves the margins.

   Sub PrtSetUpdemo (szReport$)
      ' The structures defined in the zwAlGlobals module.
      Dim dm As zwtDevModeStr
      Dim DevMode As zwtDeviceMode
      Dim mip As zwfMIPSTR
      Dim mi As zwfMarginInfo

      ' Read DeviceMode info.
      dm.rgb = Reports(szReport).PrtDevMode
      LSet DevMode = dm

      ' If the current orientation is portrait then . . .
      If DevMode.dmOrientation = 1 Then
         ' Change it to landscape.
         DevMode.dmOrientation = 2
      Else
         ' Else change it to portrait.
         DevMode.dmOrientation = 1
      End If
      LSet dm = DevMode
      ' Write the device mode information.
      Reports(szReport).PrtDevMode = dm.rgb
      ' Read margin info.
      mip.rgb = Reports(szReport).PrtMip
      LSet mi = mip
      ' Make all margins smaller.
      mi.xLeftMargin = mi.xLeftMargin / 2
      mi.xRightMargin = mi.xRightMargin / 2
      mi.yTopMargin = mi.yTopMargin / 2
      mi.yBotMargin = mi.yBotMargin / 2
      LSet mip = mi
      ' Write the new margin info.
      Reports(szReport).PrtMip = mip.r
   End Sub

REFERENCES

Microsoft Access "The Secrets of Access Wizards," pages 27-28