Button design (2 Viewers)

[Martix]

O.K. So my boss just walked up to me and said "I want the database to have a sleeker look to it, maybe buttons that arent so square and some new graphics and stuff like that....." OK i have no idea how to make a button look like anything other than a grey box with no color choices etc etc, is it possible to change the design and look of a button

 

[David R]

This topic has a few solutions to this issue. One handy feature of using labels as pseudobuttons is that they cost less overhead, making your form load faster if you have a lot of them.
http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002810.html

 

[Martix]

Sounds simple enough to do, Thank You

 

[Fornatian]

And the advantage is if you so wish you don'y have to change any code at all - just rename the labels to the same as the button were and set the onclick event of the label to [Event Procedure] and that will call the event if you've used VBA.

What I can't work out is how to get the label text to bold like a hyperlink when you hover over it like you can in VB(oh, and change the pointer to a hand).

Ian

 

[David R]

Ian, a couple posts that might help:
http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001570.html
http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002527.html (from the Italian?)
http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/ubb/Forum4/HTML/004037.html

HTH,
David R


[This message has been edited by David R (edited 01-16-2002).]

 

[zzz]

If your still intrested Candice Tripp has a sample database on buttons you might like. She is at candicetripp.com. I tried to get on to her site and had no luck. If you can not download it off of her site I will be glad to email it to you.

Good luck

 

[Fornatian]

Thanks Dave,

That trick with the "" in the hyperlink field is so simple - but you wouldn't think to even consider it - thanks a bunch - my buttons look loads better now.

Ian