A bunch of report formatting questions

[someboddy]

I have a few questions about formatting the controls in a report.

1. Does access have a stretching text control? Something that works like WordArt in Word, where you write in the text and specify the height and width, and the text's size automatically change to fit?
2. How do you get rid of the padding around a TabControl?
3. If a control's stretching property is set to TRUE, is there a way to know what's is size will be inside the code of the Format event?
4. In a multicolumn report, is there a way to know inside the code to which column the report is currently writing to?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ajetrumpet]

my take. not sure on some, so don't take to heart...

I have a few questions about formatting the controls in a report.

1. Does access have a stretching text control? Something that works like WordArt in Word, where you write in the text and specify the height and width, and the text's size automatically change to fit?
   
   i don't think it has a feature to size the TEXT, but it can size the control to fit the contents...
   
2. How do you get rid of the padding around a TabControl?
   
   ????????????
   
3. If a control's stretching property is set to TRUE, is there a way to know what's is size will be inside the code of the Format event?
   
   you probably have to check this dynamically with the .length and .width properties of controls...
   
4. In a multicolumn report, is there a way to know inside the code to which column the report is currently writing to?
   
   this doesn't make any sense. sorry...
   

Thanks in advance!

 

[someboddy]

MMMmmm... I'll try to clarify my questions.

1. Well, that one if pretty clear, so no extra explanation is needed. Anyways, even if there is no such control - is there a way to change the width-height ratio in text controls?
2. Even if I cancel the tab display, and stretch a control inside a TabControl to the max(or shrink the TabControl to fit the control inside it), small parts of the tab can still be seen(picture). Those parts turn into padding when I want to print the report(picture). Is there a way to get rid of it?
3. Inside the code of the Format event, if I read the .length and .width properties I get the width and length the control had in the design mode. But if the control can stretch, those values can change. I need to know those values after the control changes it's size. If I call those values inside the Print event, I get the correct size, but it's too late, since I can't move controls in the Print event.
4. Basically, I want to make a report with two columns. I want to move the controls in the left column to it's right edge, and the controls in the right column to it's left edge, so they'll touch each other. In order to do that, I need to know to which column I'm currently writing, so I can know to which side I should move the controls.

 

[bulrush]

I thought tab controls were an interactive visual element for forms only, not reports. Perhaps you are referring to a different control for reports.