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[slimjen1]

All, using 2010. I want to create or find a gradient background for use in my access database. I am having no luck. I can't find any effect tools in Access. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[sneuberg]

Access seems only to have solid colors as backgrounds but I played with the idea of using an image as a background and it might work. The attached database has a form with an image I got off the Internet just by googling gradient. As you can see from the form you can put your controls on top of the image. I guess you would want to anchor the image to the sides of the form which I haven't tried, but seems possible.

If you change the Size Mode of the image to Stretch you can get it to fill out the entire form

 

[CJ_London]

a gradient image is the way to go - you can set the form background in form properties (on the format tab) to an image.

There are plenty of free tools out there you create your own images - even use Word or Excel to create the gradient and take a screenshot of it - or use the button in Access per the next paragraph.

Within Access, options are limited. The only control where you can apply gradients is a button which you could use as a background (send to back and locked and sized to fit the form) but probably not a good idea - better to make a temporary big one, get your gradient design and screenshot it

 

[sneuberg]

I was looking in the details properties and didn't think to check the forms properties. Thanks,CJ_London for clarifying this,