enter text in text box without setting focus

[Dsperry101 via AccessMonster.com]

Hey everyone ,
I have a fittings database to track fittings in a shelving unit. I am
trying make a report to draw a chart of the location of all the fittings
where some of the drawers can have up to 8 fitting. I am placing text boxes
based on calculated positions base on quantitys of drawer slots and of
locations. When I have placed the text boxes I want to put the name of each
fitting in the text box.
When I try to change the textbox it says I have to have focus but when I
try to set focus it says property or method not supported. How can I change
the text in each text box without setting focus to the control ??

Thanks ahead of
time

diagheight = 1400
diagwidth = 1225 ' twips
drawersize = 150
Set db = CurrentDb()
fittings = DLookup("ftgcnt", "qrycount") ' total count of fittings names
ftgs = Val(fittings)
Set rst = db.OpenRecordset("tblFtgs", dbOpenTable)
rst.MoveFirst
' I have a report the has about 200 text boxes with visible = false
For index = 2 To (fittings + 1)
'
' a b c d e
'1 drawer slots a b c d e f g h 8" wide
'2 10" high
'3
'4
'5
'6
'7
'8
'
posstr = rst![fldLocation]
col = Val(Asc(Left(posstr, 1))) - 64
row = Val(Mid(posstr, 2, 1))
pos = Val(Asc(Right(posstr, 1))) - 64
If col = 8 Then col = 7
Debug.Print "row = " & Str(row) & "col = " & Str(col) & "pos = " & Str
(pos)
xpos = 200 + (diagwidth * (col - 1))
ypos = 10 + (diagheight * (row - 1)) + (pos * drawersize)
' Debug.Print "xpos " & xpos & " ypos " & ypos
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).Left = xpos
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).Top = ypos
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).width = 500
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).height = 125

'.Report_rptTest.Controls(index).SetFocus = True
'.Report_rptTest.Controls(index) = posstr
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).Visible = True
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).BackColor = 25000
rst.MoveNext
' Debug.Print index & " " & xpos & " " & ypos
Next index
db.Close

 

[Marshall Barton]

Hey everyone ,
I have a fittings database to track fittings in a shelving unit. I am
trying make a report to draw a chart of the location of all the fittings
where some of the drawers can have up to 8 fitting. I am placing text boxes
based on calculated positions base on quantitys of drawer slots and of
locations. When I have placed the text boxes I want to put the name of each
fitting in the text box.
When I try to change the textbox it says I have to have focus but when I
try to set focus it says property or method not supported. How can I change
the text in each text box without setting focus to the control ??

Thanks ahead of
time

diagheight = 1400
diagwidth = 1225 ' twips
drawersize = 150
Set db = CurrentDb()
fittings = DLookup("ftgcnt", "qrycount") ' total count of fittings names
ftgs = Val(fittings)
Set rst = db.OpenRecordset("tblFtgs", dbOpenTable)
rst.MoveFirst
' I have a report the has about 200 text boxes with visible = false
For index = 2 To (fittings + 1)
'
' a b c d e
'1 drawer slots a b c d e f g h 8" wide
'2 10" high
'3
'4
'5
'6
'7
'8
'
posstr = rst![fldLocation]
col = Val(Asc(Left(posstr, 1))) - 64
row = Val(Mid(posstr, 2, 1))
pos = Val(Asc(Right(posstr, 1))) - 64
If col = 8 Then col = 7
Debug.Print "row = " & Str(row) & "col = " & Str(col) & "pos = " & Str
(pos)
xpos = 200 + (diagwidth * (col - 1))
ypos = 10 + (diagheight * (row - 1)) + (pos * drawersize)
' Debug.Print "xpos " & xpos & " ypos " & ypos
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).Left = xpos
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).Top = ypos
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).width = 500
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).height = 125

'.Report_rptTest.Controls(index).SetFocus = True
'.Report_rptTest.Controls(index) = posstr
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).Visible = True
Report_rptTest.Controls(index).BackColor = 25000
rst.MoveNext
' Debug.Print index & " " & xpos & " " & ypos
Next index
db.Close

Did you see my response to your question in another thread
in a another forum?

Please don't multipost. If you must post to multiple
forums, crosspost instead (by putting both forums in the
NewsGroups box).

 

[Dsperry101 via AccessMonster.com]

Marshall ,
I did post this question previously but when I seached for it I couldn't
find it. I did a search on my user name and it doesn't show up. Where did you
find the other posting of the question ?

Hey everyone ,
I have a fittings database to track fittings in a shelving unit. I am

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Next index
db.Close

Did you see my response to your question in another thread
in a another forum?

Please don't multipost. If you must post to multiple
forums, crosspost instead (by putting both forums in the
NewsGroups box).

 

[Marshall Barton]

I did post this question previously but when I seached for it I couldn't
find it. I did a search on my user name and it doesn't show up. Where did you
find the other posting of the question ?

Not being able to remember where you multi-posted the same
question is another good reason to carefully choose a
single, appropriate group to use. Your first post was to
the formscoding newsgroup, but beacuse that is not
particularly appropriate place to ask a question about a
report, let's forget that thread and continue this one.

Here's a copy of my reply:
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Actually, that's not what you want to do ;-)

First, you almost never use the .Text property in Access, it
is only useful in special situations. Use the .Value
property instead, but since it is the dafault property of
data controls, you do not need to specify it.

OTOH, even if you used the correct property, it wouldn't
work because you can not "push" values into a report.
Reports operate asynchronously, so you can not control the
timing and other processing that's done by a report.

Finally, you should not use the Report_reportname syntax.
It refers to the default instance of the report's class
module and even if it works in many situations, it really
serves a different and rather special purpose.

Instead, you should use the Reports!reportname construct.
If you had used this sybtax, you would have immediately
noticed that the report must be open before you can access
it (even if what you want to do won't work). This is
another, roundabout way, of saying that you can't "push"
values into a report.

You should set things up so the report sets its own
properties/values. For the properties that position the
text boxes, put the code in the report's Open event.
Setting a control's value should be done in the control
section's Format event.

To let the report know what table you want it to use, pass
the its name to the report in the OpenReport method's
OpenArgs argument.