active x forms

[Ashley Roy]

Hi,

Any Idea how you can make a form using Active X to open/save quicker, I have
a 3 page form full of boxes and checkboxes which woks well but takes 25
seconds to open!

Any Ideas?

Ash.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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Any Idea how you can make a form using Active X to open/save quicker, I have
a 3 page form full of boxes and checkboxes which woks well but takes 25
seconds to open!

Any Ideas?

Use form fields instead of ActiveX controls. ActiveX controls are really
embedded instances of another application (just like an Excel sheet).
They require lots of space (file size), have a "macro stub" which means
the macro interfaces all have to be initialized, and embedded objects
just generally require longer to get "up and running".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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