Form.DatasheetFontHeight Property

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You can use the DatasheetFontHeight property to specify the font point size used to display and print field names and data in Datasheet view. Read/write Integer.

Syntax

expression.DatasheetFontHeight

expression   A variable that represents a Form object.

Remarks

This property is only available within a Microsoft Access database.

For the DatasheetFontHeight property, the font size you specify must be valid for the font specified by the DatasheetFontName property. For example, MS Sans Serif is available only in sizes 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, and 24 points.

The following table contains the properties that don't exist in the DAO Properties collection of until you set them by using the Formatting (Datasheet) toolbar or you can add them in an Access database (.mdb) by using the CreateProperty method and append it to the DAO Properties collection.

DatasheetFontItalic

*

DatasheetForeColor

*

DatasheetFontHeight

*

DatasheetBackColor

DatasheetFontName

*

DatasheetGridlinesColor

DatasheetFontUnderline

*

DatasheetGridlinesBehavior

DatasheetFontWeight

*

DatasheetCellsEffect
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When you add or set any property listed with an asterisk, Microsoft Access automatically adds all the properties listed with an asterisk to the Properties collection of the database.

Example

The following example sets the font to MS Serif, the font size to 10 points, and the font weight to medium (500) in Datasheet view of the Products table.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub SetDatasheetFont

Dim dbs As Object, objProducts As Object
Set dbs = CurrentDb
Const DB_Text As Long = 10
Const DB_Integer As Long = 3
Set objProducts = dbs!Products


SetTableProperty objProducts, "DatasheetFontName", DB_Text, "MS Serif"
SetTableProperty objProducts, "DatasheetFontHeight", DB_Integer, 10
SetTableProperty objProducts, "DatasheetFontWeight", DB_Integer, 500


End Sub


Sub SetTableProperty(objTableObj As Object, strPropertyName As String, _
intPropertyType As Integer, varPropertyValue As Variant)
' Set Microsoft Access-defined table property without causing
' nonrecoverable run-time error.
Const conErrPropertyNotFound = 3270
Dim prpProperty As Variant
On Error Resume Next                ' Don't trap errors.
objTableObj.Properties(strPropertyName) = varPropertyValue
If Err <> 0 Then                    ' Error occurred when value set.
If Err <> conErrPropertyNotFound Then
On Error GoTo 0
MsgBox "Couldn't set property '" & strPropertyName _
& "' on table '" & objTableObj.Name & "'", 48, "SetTableProperty"
Else
On Error GoTo 0
Set prpProperty = objTableObj.CreateProperty(strPropertyName, _
intPropertyType, varPropertyValue)
objTableObj.Properties.Append prpProperty
End If
End If
objTableObj.Properties.Refresh
End Sub

The next example makes the same changes as the preceding example in Datasheet view of the open Products form.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Forms!Products.DatasheetFontName = "MS Serif"
Forms!Products.DatasheetFontHeight = 10
Forms!Products.DatasheetFontWeight = 500

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