Multiple record selection in a continuous form

[gulio]

We all know about the limitations of the continuous forms in Access. Selecting multiple non-contiguous records is only one of them. However this must be possible since Acces itself offers this possibility when you are in the design view of a Table. There you can easily select (and highlight) multiple records randomly.
My question is: is there anyone who as a tool or an add-in who provide those functionalities or maybe an entierly new kind of form... any help is welcome as I found very few things on the net.
You can easily contact me by mail gulio2000@hotmail.com.

Thanks

Jules

 

[FoFa]

We just put a checkbox bound to a Y/N field on the table, and allow them to check these, than we can run a query against the table, and then reset it. However on a shared application, we use an unbound check box, and when it is checked or uncjecked we add/remove the record key and userID to a temp table for each user. If the user does not have to Login (no security) we just use a timer stamp for each userid as the key.

 

[gulio]

This is correct , I had thought of that too. The trouble is it's to heavy and not user friendly to use with very large recordsets (>1000) . Besides you can do no selection by sliding down multiple blocks as you can do in Excell for instance...
That is why I'm rather looking for an "upgrade" of the form capabilities.
But thank you anyway for your help.

 

[directormac]

You could always go with a listbox set to multi-select extended...

--Extended Mac

 

[gulio]

Listboxes have even greater limitations. What I need is a combination of the capibilities of the listbox (multiselect extended) and the continuous form...

TX,,
Jules