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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
Hi, all. I have an Access application written in Access 2003 that we
are now testing with Access 2007. When using Access 2003, the users used to be able to scroll through records displayed on a form by positioning the cursor on top of a VCR button and holding down the left mouse button. People with external mice could also cause the same scrolling by using their mouse wheel. Neither of these behaviors happen when the application is run using Access 2007. After reading a number of posts about changing the behavior of the mouse WHEEL when using Access 2007 so it mimics the scrolling in Access 2003, I hoped that those changes would also cause the left button to function similarly (I have LOTS of users with laptops & touchpads without wheels).. I set up the DoMouseWheel function that Allen Browne suggests in his web site but it didn't change the behavior of my touchpad's left hand button. Am I correct in thinking that the left-hand button on a touchpad could mimic the wheel of an external mouse? If so, then why won't Allen Browne's function work. If I'm incorrect, then what other options do I have to get the left-hand mouse button to scroll through records? Many thanks in advance. Carol. |
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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
I just checked this on my laptop which has A2007 on Vista.
The left mouse scroll button the laptop did scroll the form when cursor was over the VCR button. The scroll part of the touchpad also scrolled the form. Note: there is no need to use Allen's function to get the above behavior. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Hi, all. I have an Access application written in Access 2003 that we are now testing with Access 2007. When using Access 2003, the users used to be able to scroll through records displayed on a form by positioning the cursor on top of a VCR button and holding down the left mouse button. People with external mice could also cause the same scrolling by using their mouse wheel. Neither of these behaviors happen when the application is run using Access 2007. After reading a number of posts about changing the behavior of the mouse WHEEL when using Access 2007 so it mimics the scrolling in Access 2003, I hoped that those changes would also cause the left button to function similarly (I have LOTS of users with laptops & touchpads without wheels).. I set up the DoMouseWheel function that Allen Browne suggests in his web site but it didn't change the behavior of my touchpad's left hand button. Am I correct in thinking that the left-hand button on a touchpad could mimic the wheel of an external mouse? If so, then why won't Allen Browne's function work. If I'm incorrect, then what other options do I have to get the left-hand mouse button to scroll through records? Many thanks in advance. Carol. |
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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
Thanks, Jeanette, but the application we are testing doesn't exhibit
that behavior. Sorry I forgot to mention earlier that we are using Access 2007 on XP machines. Maybe that makes a difference. Carol. On Mar 5, 5:22*pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: I just checked this on my laptop which has A2007 on Vista. The left mouse scroll button the laptop did scroll the form when cursor was over the VCR button. The scroll part of the touchpad also scrolled the form. Note: there is no need to use Allen's function to get the above behavior. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia |
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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
Did you try it after removing Allen's code?
I don't have XP on my laptop. In the same app using A2007 on XP, holding down the left mouse button over the VCR button does make the form scroll normally. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Thanks, Jeanette, but the application we are testing doesn't exhibit that behavior. Sorry I forgot to mention earlier that we are using Access 2007 on XP machines. Maybe that makes a difference. Carol. On Mar 5, 5:22 pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: I just checked this on my laptop which has A2007 on Vista. The left mouse scroll button the laptop did scroll the form when cursor was over the VCR button. The scroll part of the touchpad also scrolled the form. Note: there is no need to use Allen's function to get the above behavior. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia |
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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
Good idea about removing Allen's code, Jeanette, but it didn't make a
differerence. And the people who are testing our application have the same problem where the left mouse button doesn't cause the VCR buttons to scroll. Other ideas? Carol. On Mar 5, 5:40*pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: Did you try it after removing Allen's code? I don't have XP on my laptop. In the same app using A2007 on XP, holding down the left mouse button over the VCR button does make the form scroll normally. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Thanks, Jeanette, but the application we are testing doesn't exhibit that behavior. *Sorry I forgot to mention earlier that we are using Access 2007 on XP machines. *Maybe that makes a difference. Carol. On Mar 5, 5:22 pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: I just checked this on my laptop which has A2007 on Vista. The left mouse scroll button the laptop did scroll the form when cursor was over the VCR button. The scroll part of the touchpad also scrolled the form. Note: there is no need to use Allen's function to get the above behavior. |
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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
Are you finding that even when using a mouse (not a touch pad) that holding
down the left mouse button on the down arrow at bottom of a scrollbar on a continuous form won't cause the form to scroll to the bottom? Can you confirm that scrolling your app on a computer with a mouse -- you are unable to scroll while holding down the arrow at either the top or bottom of the scrollbar on a continuous form. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Good idea about removing Allen's code, Jeanette, but it didn't make a differerence. And the people who are testing our application have the same problem where the left mouse button doesn't cause the VCR buttons to scroll. Other ideas? Carol. On Mar 5, 5:40 pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: Did you try it after removing Allen's code? I don't have XP on my laptop. In the same app using A2007 on XP, holding down the left mouse button over the VCR button does make the form scroll normally. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Thanks, Jeanette, but the application we are testing doesn't exhibit that behavior. Sorry I forgot to mention earlier that we are using Access 2007 on XP machines. Maybe that makes a difference. Carol. On Mar 5, 5:22 pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: I just checked this on my laptop which has A2007 on Vista. The left mouse scroll button the laptop did scroll the form when cursor was over the VCR button. The scroll part of the touchpad also scrolled the form. Note: there is no need to use Allen's function to get the above behavior. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
Sorry but I don't have a mouse for my laptop, Jeanette, but I've asked
one of my testers to test this with her desktop that does have an actual mouse. Also, given your question I did some more tests which gave what I think are important results: 1. The form we've been working with doesn't actually have scroll bars but I added them (through Form Properties) and WAS ABLE TO SCROLL through the records using the scroll bars up and down arrows and holding the left button of my touchpad's mouse down. VCR buttons still didn't work. 2. The application has another form that does have scroll bars and I was also able to scroll through the records shown on this form by using the bars. BUT I still wasn't able to use the VCR buttons and my left mouse button to scroll through the records. I also tried this in a plain vanilla Access database that I created in Access 2007 and found the same characteristics. So this looks like something in Access itself, not in my specific application. I'll keep looking. Thanks for your help. Carol. On Mar 6, 3:57*pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: Are you finding that even when using a mouse (not a touch pad) that holding down the left mouse button on the down arrow at bottom of a scrollbar on a continuous form won't cause the form to scroll to the bottom? Can you confirm that scrolling your app on a computer with a mouse -- you are unable to scroll while holding down the arrow at either the top or bottom of the scrollbar on a continuous form. JeanetteCunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Good idea about removing Allen's code,Jeanette, but it didn't make a differerence. *And the people who are testing our application have the same problem where the left mouse button doesn't cause the VCR buttons to scroll. Other ideas? *Carol. On Mar 5, 5:40 pm, "JeanetteCunningham" wrote: Did you try it after removing Allen's code? I don't have XP on my laptop. In the same app using A2007 on XP, holding down the left mouse button over the VCR button does make the form scroll normally. JeanetteCunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message .... Thanks,Jeanette, but the application we are testing doesn't exhibit that behavior. Sorry I forgot to mention earlier that we are using Access 2007 on XP machines. Maybe that makes a difference. Carol. On Mar 5, 5:22 pm, "JeanetteCunningham" wrote: I just checked this on my laptop which has A2007 on Vista. The left mouse scroll button the laptop did scroll the form when cursor was over the VCR button. The scroll part of the touchpad also scrolled the form. Note: there is no need to use Allen's function to get the above behavior. JeanetteCunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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And now I understand what you mean when you write 'VCR' buttons.
Yes, the no repeat when holding the vcr buttons is part of A2007. Jeanette Cunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Sorry but I don't have a mouse for my laptop, Jeanette, but I've asked one of my testers to test this with her desktop that does have an actual mouse. Also, given your question I did some more tests which gave what I think are important results: 1. The form we've been working with doesn't actually have scroll bars but I added them (through Form Properties) and WAS ABLE TO SCROLL through the records using the scroll bars up and down arrows and holding the left button of my touchpad's mouse down. VCR buttons still didn't work. 2. The application has another form that does have scroll bars and I was also able to scroll through the records shown on this form by using the bars. BUT I still wasn't able to use the VCR buttons and my left mouse button to scroll through the records. I also tried this in a plain vanilla Access database that I created in Access 2007 and found the same characteristics. So this looks like something in Access itself, not in my specific application. I'll keep looking. Thanks for your help. Carol. On Mar 6, 3:57 pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: Are you finding that even when using a mouse (not a touch pad) that holding down the left mouse button on the down arrow at bottom of a scrollbar on a continuous form won't cause the form to scroll to the bottom? Can you confirm that scrolling your app on a computer with a mouse -- you are unable to scroll while holding down the arrow at either the top or bottom of the scrollbar on a continuous form. JeanetteCunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Good idea about removing Allen's code,Jeanette, but it didn't make a differerence. And the people who are testing our application have the same problem where the left mouse button doesn't cause the VCR buttons to scroll. Other ideas? Carol. On Mar 5, 5:40 pm, "JeanetteCunningham" wrote: Did you try it after removing Allen's code? I don't have XP on my laptop. In the same app using A2007 on XP, holding down the left mouse button over the VCR button does make the form scroll normally. JeanetteCunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Thanks,Jeanette, but the application we are testing doesn't exhibit that behavior. Sorry I forgot to mention earlier that we are using Access 2007 on XP machines. Maybe that makes a difference. Carol. On Mar 5, 5:22 pm, "JeanetteCunningham" wrote: I just checked this on my laptop which has A2007 on Vista. The left mouse scroll button the laptop did scroll the form when cursor was over the VCR button. The scroll part of the touchpad also scrolled the form. Note: there is no need to use Allen's function to get the above behavior. JeanetteCunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
Ugh. So does that mean that Allen Browne's method for reinstating
the use of the mouse wheel in Access 2007 won't help my problem? ;-( Does anyone know of any other options? Carol. On Mar 8, 2:28*pm, "Jeanette Cunningham" wrote: And now I understand what you mean when you write 'VCR' buttons. Yes, the no repeat when holding the vcr buttons is part of A2007. JeanetteCunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message ... Sorry but I don't have a mouse for my laptop,Jeanette, but I've asked one of my testers to test this with her desktop that does have an actual mouse. Also, given your question I did some more tests which gave what I think are important results: 1. *The form we've been working with doesn't actually have scroll bars but I added them (through Form Properties) and WAS ABLE TO SCROLL through the records using the scroll bars up and down arrows and holding the left button of my touchpad's mouse down. *VCR buttons still didn't work. 2. *The application has another form that does have scroll bars and I was also able to scroll through the records shown on this form by using the bars. *BUT I still wasn't able to use the VCR buttons and my left mouse button to scroll through the records. I also tried this in a plain vanilla Access database that I created in Access 2007 and found the same characteristics. *So this looks like something in Access itself, not in my specific application. I'll keep looking. *Thanks for your help. *Carol. |
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Access 2007 scrolling with Left mouse button
Guess I can just add Scroll Bars to the form and the users can scroll
through the records using them. Thanks for all your help, Jeanette. Carol. On Mar 8, 3:30*pm, CP wrote: Ugh. * So does that mean that Allen Browne's method for reinstating the use of the mouse wheel in Access 2007 won't help my problem? *;-( Does anyone know of any other options? Carol. On Mar 8, 2:28*pm, "JeanetteCunningham" wrote: And now I understand what you mean when you write 'VCR' buttons. Yes, the no repeat when holding the vcr buttons is part of A2007. JeanetteCunningham MS Access MVP -- Melbourne Victoria Australia "CP" wrote in message .... Sorry but I don't have a mouse for my laptop,Jeanette, but I've asked one of my testers to test this with her desktop that does have an actual mouse. Also, given your question I did some more tests which gave what I think are important results: 1. *The form we've been working with doesn't actually have scroll bars but I added them (through Form Properties) and WAS ABLE TO SCROLL through the records using the scroll bars up and down arrows and holding the left button of my touchpad's mouse down. *VCR buttons still didn't work. 2. *The application has another form that does have scroll bars and I was also able to scroll through the records shown on this form by using the bars. *BUT I still wasn't able to use the VCR buttons and my left mouse button to scroll through the records. I also tried this in a plain vanilla Access database that I created in Access 2007 and found the same characteristics. *So this looks like something in Access itself, not in my specific application. I'll keep looking. *Thanks for your help. *Carol.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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