MoveLayout, NextRecord, PrintSection Properties
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You can use combinations of these property settings in Visual Basic to specify or change a report's layout when the report is previewed, printed, or saved to a file:
The MoveLayout property specifies whether Microsoft Access should move to the next printing location on the page.
The NextRecord property specifies whether a section should advance to the next record.
The PrintSection property specifies whether a section should be printed.
Setting
The MoveLayout property uses the following settings.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| True (1) | (Default) The section's Left and Top properties are advanced to the next print location. |
| False (0) | The section's Left and Top properties are unchanged. |
The NextRecord property uses the following settings.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| True | (Default) The section advances to the next record. |
| False | The section doesn't advance to the next record. |
The PrintSection property uses the following settings.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| True | (Default) The section is printed. |
| False | The section isn't printed. |
To set these properties, specify a macro or for a section's OnFormat property.
Microsoft Access sets these properties to True before each section's event.
Remarks
These properties are useful when you want to use a report as a template into which you write data from a macro or Visual Basic as you print.
The following table shows the result of different setting combinations for these properties.
| MoveLayout | NextRecord | PrintSection | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| True | True | True | (Default) Move to the next print location, get the next record, and print the data. |
| True | False | True | Move to the next print location, don't advance to the next record, but print the data. This combination is typically used when the data in a section requires more space than the layout allows and you want to print the remaining data in the space that would otherwise be occupied by the next section. |
| False | True | False | Skip a record without leaving a blank space on the page. |
| True | True | False | Skip a record and leave a blank space on the page. |
| True | False | False | Leave a blank space without skipping a record. |
| False | True | True | Print the current record on top of the last record as an overlay. |
| False | False | True | Not allowed. |
| False | False | False | Not allowed. |