ACC2000: Sample Function to Determine Current Page of a Form

• Microsoft Access 2000

SUMMARY

This article shows you how to create a sample, user-defined function that you can use on a multiple-page form that contains page breaks to determine which page of the form is current.

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1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.



2. Open the Employees (page break) form in Design view.



3. Set the EmployeeID control's OnDblClick property to =WhichPage(Form,[EmployeeID]).



4. For the EmployeeID control, set the Enabled property to Yes and the Locked property to No.



5. Set the Address control's OnDblClick property to =WhichPage(Form,[Address]). Save and then close the form.



6. Create a module and type the following lines in the Declarations section if they are not already there:




Option Compare Database
Option Explicit 

7. Type the following procedure:




Function WhichPage (F As Form, MyControl As Control)
   Dim Page, I As Integer
   Dim C As Control
   Page = 1

   For I = 1 To F.Count - 1
      Set C = F(I)
      If TypeOf C Is PageBreak Then
         If C.Top < MyControl.Top Then Page = Page + 1
      End If
   Next I

   MsgBox "Page= " & Page
End Function 

8. Close the module and save it as Module Test.



9. Open the Employees (page break) form in Form view. Double-click the EmployeeID field, and then the Address field. Note that the function displays the number of the page containing the control.

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
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