ACC: Watermarks Appear Once Per Page Instead of Once Per Label

• Microsoft Access versions 7.0, 97

SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

When you set the Picture property of a mailing label report to a watermark (picture), the watermark appears only once when you preview the report instead of once for each label.

CAUSE

The Picture property is designed to display the watermark as the background picture of the form or report page.

RESOLUTION

To have a watermark on each mailing label, place an Image control in the detail section of your report. To do so, see the steps in the "Steps to Reproduce Behavior" section later in this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the Customer Labels report in sample database Northwind.mdb.

2. If the property sheet is not open, on the View menu, click Properties.

3. In the property sheet, click the Format tab.

4. Locate the Picture property and type the following line in the Picture property box:

   c:\msoffice\access\bitmaps\styles\clouds.wmf

5. On the File menu, click Print Preview. Note that there is only one watermark per page.

6. On the View menu, click Report Design.

7. From the Toolbox, select the Image control and place a 1-inch square image on the label.

8. In the Insert Picture box, locate and select the following file

   C:\MSOFFICE\ACCESS\BITMAPS\STYLES\CLOUDS.WMF

   and then click OK.

9. Set the Image control's SizeMode property to Stretch.

10. On the Format menu, click Send to Back, so that the image is in the background behind the label's data.

11. On the File menu, click Print Preview. Note that each label now has a watermark on it.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Picture property, search the Help Index for "Picture property," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.