Re: Line Method Explanation?
- From: "Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:13:23 -0400
What version of Access are you using?
I just checked Access 2003's help, and while it agrees with what you've got
below, it appears to be an error in the Help file.
Check
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbaac11/html/acmthLine_HV05186433.asp
Hopefully that will answer all of your questions.
That's consistent with what Access 97's help file has for the Line Method.
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"Joanthan" <Joanthan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I would appreciate if someone would explain how the line method works?
>
> I understand how to use the line method and get it to do what I want. It's
> just the Line method's syntax in comparison to the standard syntax of all
> other methods is very peculiar!
>
> The VB Help defines the syntax as follows:
>
> expression.Line(flags, x1, y1, x2, y2, color)
> flags Required
> x1 Required
> y1 Required
> x2 Required
> y2 Required
> color Required
>
> the VB Help then goes on to give an example and calls the line method like
> this:
> rpt.Line(sngTop, sngLeft) - (sngWidth, sngHeight), lngColor, B
>
> a) Where is the Required flag?
>
> b) Unlike what it appears from the VB Help definition, if you don't put a
> closing bracket after 'y1' as the example does, you get an error!
>
> c) Normally you don't need any brackets when passing in parameters to a
> method, unless you expect a return value?
>
> d) What is this ') - (' doing in the middle of the parameter list?
>
> e) rpt.Line(sngTop, sngLeft) - Step(sngWidth, sngHeight) How does the
> 'step'
> keyword accomplish what it does, i.e. height and width of the line, as
> opposed to the x2 and y2 positions? It's not a function?
>
> f) The 'B' at the end of the VB Help example (which isn't even mentioned
> in
> the VB Help explanation), is this the flag mentioned at the beginning of
> the
> definition?
>
> (Just for the record, B tells the line method you want a rectangle/Box,
> and
> BF tells the line method you want a Filled In rectangle/Box).
>
> g) Normally, when you pass in characters to a method (sub or function),
> the
> characters are either a variable, a constant, or you put quotation marks
> around it and pass them in as a string. What is going on with the 'BF'?
>
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