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Description column in object viewer in 2007 version
I recently switched to 2007. In prior versions I relied heavily on the
"description" column in the object browser (using the "detail" view option, which places it in a column). Now the only way I can see description is right-click and select "properties" per each object. All my notes and markers are now hard to see. I inherented a big app with almost 500 objects, and need such guides. Thanks |
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Description column in object viewer in 2007 version
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:51:04 -0700 (PDT), topmind
wrote: I recently switched to 2007. In prior versions I relied heavily on the "description" column in the object browser (using the "detail" view option, which places it in a column). Now the only way I can see description is right-click and select "properties" per each object. All my notes and markers are now hard to see. I inherented a big app with almost 500 objects, and need such guides. Thanks Alas, that useful feature was unaccountably disabled by a recent 2007 service pack. There are some folks at Microsoft whose ears are still ringing from the reaction. It remains to be seen if this decision will be reversed. -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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Description column in object viewer in 2007 version
On Jul 9, 6:02*pm, John W. Vinson
wrote: On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:51:04 -0700 wrote: I recently switched to 2007. In prior versions I relied heavily on the "description" column in the object browser (using the "detail" view option, which places it in a column). Now the only way I can see description is right-click and select "properties" per each object. All my notes and markers are now hard to see. I inherented a big app with almost 500 objects, and need such guides. Thanks Alas, that useful feature was unaccountably disabled by a recent 2007 service pack. There are some folks at Microsoft whose ears are still ringing from the reaction. It remains to be seen if this decision will be reversed. -- * * * * * * *John W. Vinson [MVP] Ideally, the interface should use MS-Access's own features and thus be alter-able just like any other table/query/form view rather than some black-box binary thing locked in place. In short, a product with an interface builder should eat it's own dog-food. They should think "meta". Perhaps the problem is that they went OOP based instead of table- oriented in the 90's out of faddism, and thus the table tools are not compatible with "objects". FoxPro was smart in that the forms, reports, etc. were largely table-driven using Fox's own engine. You could thus query and browse them and stick your own interface on them just like production tables. Hopefully somebody will sell or hack-up an add-on that makes it either look like the old object viewer, or be more customizable. End Rant. Thanks for your response. |
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Description column in object viewer in 2007 version
On Jul 9, 6:02*pm, John W. Vinson
wrote: On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:51:04 -0700 (PDT), topmind wrote: I recently switched to 2007. In prior versions I relied heavily on the "description"columnin theobjectbrowser (using the "detail" view option, which places it in acolumn). Now the only way I can see descriptionis right-click and select "properties" per eachobject. All my notes and markers are now hard to see. I inherented a big app with almost 500 objects, and need such guides. Thanks Alas, that useful feature was unaccountably disabled by a recent 2007 service pack. There are some folks at Microsoft whose ears are still ringing from the reaction. It remains to be seen if this decision will be reversed. -- * * * * * * *John W. Vinson [MVP] John, I was wondering something. If one selects "View by Details" by right-clicking on the top panel bar, one see's "Date Created" and "Date Modified" (I believe this is the default). I wonder if there's not some setting or XML somewhere to tweak to control which columns are displayed there. Perhaps one can get the description column to display there. It may not be as good as the table view, but the next best thing. Somebody who knows the underworld of Access2007 may have some ideas. Thanks, -t- |
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Description column in object viewer in 2007 version
Ahhh...you mean the Navigation Pain not the VBA editor Object Browser right?
I was going through the AccessRibbons.de and I can remember something like that was created for this. Take a look here. http://www.avenius.de/index.php?ProdukteBC2007 topmind wrote: John, I was wondering something. If one selects "View by Details" by right-clicking on the top panel bar, one see's "Date Created" and "Date Modified" (I believe this is the default). I wonder if there's not some setting or XML somewhere to tweak to control which columns are displayed there. Perhaps one can get the description column to display there. It may not be as good as the table view, but the next best thing. Somebody who knows the underworld of Access2007 may have some ideas. Thanks, -t- -- Please Rate the posting if helps you. Message posted via AccessMonster.com http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/For...arted/200908/1 |
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