Create and customize a scrolling text control

Create a scrolling text control

1. Open a data access page in Design view.
2. Click the Scrolling Text tool in the toolbox.
3. Do one of the following:

   Create a bound control that displays data

   1. Click Field List on the toolbar to display the field list.
   2. From the field list, drag the selected field to the data access page. Place the upper-left corner of the icon where you want the upper-left corner of the scrolling text control to be.

   Create an unbound control

   1. In the data access page, click where you want the upper-left corner of the scrolling text control to be; Microsoft Access creates a default-sized control. To create a scrolling text control of a particular size, click the page, and then drag until the control is the size you want.
   2. Click inside the scrolling text control, and select the default text that is displayed in the control.
   3. Type the message that you want to appear.

Customize a scrolling text control

1. Open a data access page in Design view.
2. Select the scrolling text control, and then click Properties on the toolbar to display the control's property sheet.
3. Do one or more of the following:

   Change the speed

   1. In the TrueSpeed property box, click True.
   2. In the ScrollDelay property box, type the number of milliseconds to delay between each repetition of the scrolling text.
   3. In the ScrollAmount property box, type the number of pixels you want the scrolling text to move in the time that you specified in the ScrollDelay property box. The ScrollAmount property sets the spacing between each repetition of text.

   Note   When the TrueSpeed property is set to True, scrolling text speed is determined by the ScrollDelay and ScrollAmount properties. For example, if the ScrollDelay property is set to 65 and the ScrollAmount property is set to 10, the scrolling text advances 10 pixels every 65 milliseconds. When the TrueSpeed property is set to False, the shortest delay between repetitions of text is 60 milliseconds.

   Change the motion

   • Do one of the following:
     • To make the text scroll continuously in the control like a stock ticker, set the Behavior property to Scroll.
     • To make the text slide from the starting point to the opposite edge of the control and then remain on the screen, set the Behavior property to Slide.
     • To make the text go back and forth between the starting point and the opposite edge of the control, and have it remain on the screen at all times, set the Behavior property to Alternate.

   Change the number of times that scrolling text repeats

   • Do one of the following:

     • To make the text scroll continuously, type -1 in the Loop property box.
     • To make the text scroll a specific number of times and then disappear, type an integer in the Loop property box. For example, if you set the Loop property to 5, the text will scroll five times.

   Change the direction

   • In the Direction property box, click the value that indicates the direction in which you want the text to scroll.