Add Progress Meters to Your Microsoft Access Forms
Progress Meters provide visual, graphical feedback about processes such
as the duration of an event or the magnitude of a value. Your user can
better estimate remaining time to complete an event, or the percent of a
numeric value without having to translate numbers or time mentally.
Examples of Progress Meters on a Microsoft Access Form
Using the Progress Meter
Simply insert the Progress Meter on your Microsoft Access form or
report, and adjust its size. Several options are available:
- Orientation: vertical or horizontal
- Direction of fill: left to right, top to bottom, etc.
- Style:
- Windows XP (uses the system settings, by default green)
- Windows 95 style
- Solid
- Segmented Visual Units (VU) similar to what's on sound
systems
- Segments can be flat, raised, or sunken
- Different colors can be specified for each segment
- Different percentages for where each segment starts
- Caption text to show a value or %
- Minimum and Maxium values
- Data binding support: optionally specify the field from the form
Value Property
The Value property sets the portion of the bar that is filled in. Set
the Value property to a number between the Minimum and Maximum values,
and the progress meter automatically displays the appropriate length.
Caption Property
The Caption property can be used to display any text. This is a good
place to display the actual numeric value that is reflected in the
display of the meter. The Progress Meter also recognizes the special
case of using a percent sign (%) in the caption. The % is automatically
replaced with the actual percentage value. For example, if the caption
is set to “%”, the actual caption displays “55 %” (where 55 is the
actual percentage value).
Programmatic Options
No programming is required to use this control; however, all properties can be set via VBA,
and there are events for mouse clicks and key presses.
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