Report Preview Tips

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Report Preview Tips - Part 1

Here are two tips to use when creating a report preview. Although I seldom use these particular ideas, I think that they are worthwhile ones to keep in your VBA "bag of tricks".

NOTE: All the VBA code segments on the Database Lessons site assume that you have DAO references active. If you are not sure what this means, and you are using Microsoft Access 2000 or higher, click here.

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Default the Report Preview to Full page

When previewing reports, there are times when it is convenient to have the preview open at a particular zoom, or magnification

'--- open the report in preview mode
DoCmd.OpenReport strReport, acViewPreview
'--- change the report's zoom to show the entire first page
Application.RunCommand acCmdPreviewOnePage

'--- change the zoom to a specific level (choose one of the following)
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoom10
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoom25
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoom50
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoom75
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoom100
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoom150
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdZoom200

Getting a Form to Wait for a Report Preview

I am sure there are times when you want to present a user with a report preview, and know when they have closed it.

'--- open the report in preview mode
DoCmd.OpenReport strReport, acViewPreview
'--- as long as the report is open, wait
If SysCmd(acSysCmdGetObjectState, A_REPORT, _
      strReport) = OBJSTATE_OPEN Then '(put on same line as previous 'If')
   DoCmd.Maximize '--- maximize the form so that the report will be as well
   Me.Visible = False '--- make the calling form invisible (optional)
   DoEvents
   Do While SysCmd(acSysCmdGetObjectState, A_REPORT, _
      strReport) = OBJSTATE_OPEN '(put on same line as previous 'Do')
      DoEvents
   Loop
   Me.Visible = True
   DoCmd.Restore '--- restore form to normal size
   DoEvents
End If

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