Re: Slowing Record Navigation

If you modify the Registry as Bob mentioned to stop the display of the
"loading Image" dialog then you will no longer crash as you scroll through
the records.

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"Dewey" <Dewey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks to all. The reason I'm displaying an image with each inventory
> item
> (I should have mentioned earlier) is because employees have a difficult
> time
> identifying them by name alone. I think a 500 millisecond delay would be
> sufficient for each image to load... Would I need to make each record
> load
> with the navigation buttons disabled and then enable them with the On
> Timer
> event?
>
> --
> J. Mullenbach
>
>
> "bob" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Four options spring to mind:
>>
>> 1) Suppress the loading dialog:
>> http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0038.htm
>> This requires a registry key modification on each user's machine.
>>
>> 2) Only display the image 'on demand', eg using a 'show image' button, a
>> different tab or a modal popup
>> window.
>>
>> 3) Slow navigation using a timer, but this rather interferes with the
>> usability of the forms, and assumes
>> a fixed maximum image decode time, which must therefore be generous.
>>
>> 4) Use a third party control.
>>
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>>
>> "=?Utf-8?B?RGV3ZXk=?=" <Dewey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >I have an inventory form that displays a linked photo for each inventory
>> >item. The file path for each item's photo is stored in a hidden text
>> >field
>> >and as the user moves from record to record, the OnCurrent property of
>> >the
>> >form triggers an update to the image frame. My problem is, the database
>> >will
>> >crash if users move too quickly between records. I have removed the
>> >Access
>> >navigation buttons and inserted my own, but I'm unsure how to force a
>> >half-second pause after each record selection. I'd certainly appreciate
>> >any
>> >ideas on the matter.
>> >--
>> >J. Mullenbach
>>
>>


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