ObjectFrame Members (Access)

This object corresponds to an unbound object frame. The unbound object frame control displays a picture, chart, or any OLE object not stored in a table.

Methods

Name	Description
Move	Moves the specified object to the coordinates specified by the argument values.
Requery	The Requery method updates the data underlying a specified control that's on the active form by requerying the source of data for the control.
SetFocus	The SetFocus method moves the focus to the specified form, the specified control on the active form, or the specified field on the active datasheet.
SizeToFit	You can use the SizeToFit method to size a control so it fits the text or image that it contains.

Properties

Name	Description
Action	You can use the Action property in Visual Basic to specify the operation to perform on an OLE object. Read/write Integer.
Application	You can use the Application property to access the active Microsoft Access Application object and its related properties. Read-only Application object.
AutoActivate	You can use the AutoActivate property to specify how the user can activate an OLE object. Read/write Integer.
BackColor	Gets or sets the interior color of the specified object. Read/write Long.
BackShade	Gets or sets the shade applied to the theme color in the BackColor property of the specified object. Read/write Single.
BackStyle	You can use the BackStyle property to specify whether a control will be transparent. Read/write Byte.
BackThemeColorIndex	Gets or sets a value that represents a color in the applied color theme associated with the BackColor property of the specified object. Read/write Long.
BackTint	Gets or sets the tint that is applied to the theme color in the BackColor property of the specified object. Read/write Single.
BorderColor	You can use the BorderColor property to specify the color of a control's border. Read/write Long.
BorderShade	Gets or sets the shade that is applied to the theme color in the BorderColor property of the specified object. Read/write Single.
BorderStyle	Specifies how a control's border appears.Read/write Byte.
BorderThemeColorIndex	Gets or sets a value that represents a color in the applied color theme associated with the BorderColor property of the specified object. Read/write Long.
BorderTint	Gets or sets the tint that is applied to the theme color in the BorderColor property of the specified object. Read/write Single.
BorderWidth	You can use the BorderWidth property to specify the width of a control's border. Read/write Byte.
BottomPadding	Gets or sets the amount of space (in inches) between the object frame and its bottom gridline. Read/write Integer.
Class	You can use the Class property to specify or determine the class name of an embedded OLE object. Read/write String.
ColumnCount	You can use the ColumnCount property to specify the number of columns displayed in a list box or in the list box portion of a combo box, or sent to OLE objects in a chart control or unbound object frame . Read/write Integer.
ColumnHeads	You can use the ColumnHeads property to display a single row of column headings for list boxes, combo boxes, and OLE objects that accept column headings. You can also use this property to create a label for each entry in a chart control . What is actually displayed as the first-row column heading depends on the object's RowSourceType property setting. Read/write Boolean.
Controls	Returns the Controls collection of a form, subform, report or section. Read-only Controls.
ControlTipText	You can use the ControlTipText property to specify the text that appears in a ScreenTip when you hold the mouse pointer over a control. Read/write String.
ControlType	You can use the ControlType property in Visual Basic to determine the type of a control on a form or report. Read/write Byte.
DisplayType	You can use the DisplayType property to specify whether Microsoft Access displays an OLE object's content or an icon. Read/write Boolean.
DisplayWhen	You can use the DisplayWhen property to specify which of a form's controls you want displayed on screen and in print. Read/write Byte.
Enabled	You can use the Enabled property to set or return the status of the conditional format in the FormatCondition object. Read/write Boolean.
EventProcPrefix	Gets or sets the prefix portion of an event procedure name. Read/write String.
GridlineColor	Gets or sets the color of the gridline for the specified object frame. Read/write Long.
GridlineShade	Gets or sets the shade applied to the theme color in the GridlineColor property of the specified object. Read/write Single.
GridlineStyleBottom	Gets or sets the bottom gridline style of the specified frame. Read/write Byte.
GridlineStyleLeft	Gets or sets the width of the bottom gridline for the specified frame. Read/write Byte.
GridlineStyleRight	Gets or sets the right gridline style of the specified frame. Read/write Byte.
GridlineStyleTop	Gets or sets the top gridline style of the specified frame. Read/write Byte.
GridlineThemeColorIndex	Gets or sets the theme color index that represents a color in the applied color theme associated with the GridlineColor property of the specified object. Read/write Long.
GridlineTint	Gets or sets the tint applied to the theme color in the GridlineColor property of the specified object. Read/write Single.
GridlineWidthBottom	Gets or sets the width of the bottom gridline for the specified frame. Read/write Byte.
GridlineWidthLeft	Gets or sets the width of the left gridline for the specified frame. Read/write Byte.
GridlineWidthRight	Gets or sets the width of the right gridline for the specified frame. Read/write Byte.
GridlineWidthTop	Gets or sets the width of the top gridline for the specified frame. Read/write Byte.
Height	Gets or sets the height of the specified object in twips. Read/write Integer.
HelpContextId	The HelpContextID property specifies the context ID of a topic in the custom Help file specified by the HelpFile property setting. Read/write Long.
HorizontalAnchor	Gets or sets an AcHorizontalAnchor constant that indicates how the object frame is anchored horizontally within its layout. Read/write.
InSelection	You can use the InSelection property to determine or specify whether a control on a form in Design view is selected. Read/write Boolean.
IsVisible	You can use the IsVisible property in to determine whether a control on a report is visible. Read/write Boolean.
Item	The Item property returns or sets a specific member of a collection. Read/write String.
Layout	Returns the type of layout for the specified object frame. Read-only AcLayoutType.
LayoutID	Returns the unique identifier for the layout that contains the specified object frame. Read-only Long.
Left	You can use the Left property to specify an object's location on a form or report. Read/write Integer.
LeftPadding	Gets or sets the amount of space (in inches) between the object frame and its left gridline. Read/write Integer.
LinkChildFields	You can use the LinkChildFields property (along with the LinkMasterFields property) together to specify how Microsoft Access links records in a form or report to records in a subform, subreport, or embedded object, such as a chart. If these properties are set, Microsoft Access automatically updates the related record in the subform when you change to a new record in a main form. Read/write String.
LinkMasterFields	You can use the LinkMasterFields property (along with the LinkChildFields property) together to specify how Microsoft Access links records in a form or report to records in a subform, subreport, or embedded object, such as a chart. If these properties are set, Microsoft Access automatically updates the related record in the subform when you change to a new record in a main form. Read/write String.
Locked	The Locked property specifies whether you can edit data in a control in Form view. Read/write Boolean.
Name	You can use the Name property to specify or determine the string expression that identifies the name of an object. Read/write String.
Object	You can use the Object property in Visual Basic to return a reference to the ActiveX object that is associated with a linked or embedded OLE object in a control. By using this reference, you can access the properties or invoke the methods of the OLE object. Read-only Object.
ObjectPalette	The ObjectPalette property specifies the palette in the application used to create an OLE object. Read/write Variant.
ObjectVerbs	You can use the ObjectVerbs property in Visual Basic to determine the list of verbs an OLE object supports. Read-only String.
ObjectVerbsCount	You can use the ObjectVerbsCount property in Visual Basic to determine the number of verbs supported by an OLE object. Read-only Long.
OldBorderStyle	You can use this property to set or returns the unedited value of the BorderStyle property for a form or control. This property is useful if you need to revert to an unedited or preferred border style. Read/write Byte.
OldValue	You can use the OldValue property to determine the unedited value of a bound control. Read-only Variant.
OLEClass	You can use the OLEClass property to obtain a description of the kind of OLE object contained in a chart control or an unbound object frame. Read-only String.
OLEType	You can use the OLEType property to determine if a control contains an OLE object, and, if so, whether the object is linked or embedded. Read/write Byte.
OLETypeAllowed	You can use the OLETypeAllowed property to specify the type of OLE object a control can contain. Read/write Byte.
OnClick	Sets or returns the value of the On Click box in the Properties window. Read/write String.
OnDblClick	Sets or returns the value of the On Dbl Click box in the Properties window. Read/write String.
OnEnter	Sets or returns the value of the On Enter box in the Properties window of specified object. Read/write String. .
OnExit	Sets or returns the value of the On Exit box in the Properties window of specified object. Read/write String. .
OnGotFocus	Sets or returns the value of the On Got Focus box in the Properties window of the specified object. Read/write String.
OnLostFocus	Sets or returns the value of the On Lost Focus box in the Properties window of the specified object. Read/write String.
OnMouseDown	Sets or returns the value of the On Mouse Down box in the Properties window. Read/write String.
OnMouseMove	Sets or returns the value of the On Mouse Move box in the Properties window. Read/write String.
OnMouseUp	Sets or returns the value of the On Mouse Up box in the Properties window. Read/write String.
OnUpdated	Sets or returns the value of the On Updated box in the Properties window of a form or report. Read/write String.
Parent	Returns the parent object for the specified object. Read-only.
Properties	Returns a reference to a control's Properties collection object. Read-only.
RightPadding	Gets or sets the amount of space (in inches) between the object frame and its right gridline. Read/write Integer.
RowSource	You can use the RowSource property (along with the RowSourceType property) to tell Microsoft Access how to provide data tothe specified object. Read/write String.
RowSourceType	You can use the RowSourceType property (along with the RowSource property) to tell Microsoft Access how to provide data tothe specified object. Read/write String.
Scaling	Controls how the contents of an object frame control are displayed. Read/write Byte.
Section	You can identify these controls by the section of a form or report where the control appears. Read/write Integer.
ShortcutMenuBar	You can use the ShortcutMenuBar property to specify the shortcut menu that will appear when you right-click on the specified object. Read/write String.
SizeMode	You can use the SizeMode property to specify how to size a picture or other object in a bound object frame, an unbound object frame, or an image control.
SourceDoc	You can use the SourceDoc property to specify the file to create a link to or to embed when you create a linked object or embedded object by using the Action property in Visual Basic. Read/write String.
SourceItem	You can use the SourceItem property to specify the data within a file to be linked when you create a linked OLE object. Read/write String.
SourceObject	You can use this property for linked unbound object frames to determine the complete path and file name of the file that contains the data linked to the object frame. Read-only String.
SpecialEffect	You can use the SpecialEffect property to specify whether special formatting will apply to the specified object. Read/write Byte.
StatusBarText	You can use the StatusBarText property to specify the text that is displayed in the status bar when a control is selected. Read/write String.
TabIndex	You can use the TabIndex property to specify a control's place in the tab order on a form or report. Read/write Integer.
TabStop	You can use the TabStop property to specify whether you can use the TAB key to move the focus to a control. Read/write Boolean.
Tag	Stores extra information about a form, report, section, or control needed by a Microsoft Access application. Read/write String.
Top	You can use the Top property to specify an object's location on a form or report. Read/write Integer. .
TopPadding	Gets or sets the amount of space (in inches) between the object frame and its top gridline. Read/write Integer.
UpdateMethod	This property has been deprecated. Use the UpdateOptions property to specify how a linkedOLE object is updated.
UpdateOptions	You can use the UpdateOptions property to specify how a linked OLE object is updated. Read/write Integer.
VarOleObject	Gets a pointer to an IOLEObject that represents the memory address of an OLE object. Read-only Variant.
Verb	You can use the Verb property to specify the operation to perform when an OLE object is activated, which is permitted when the control's Action property is set to acOLEActivate. Read/write Long.
VerticalAnchor	Gets or sets an AcVerticalAnchor constant that indicates how the specified object frame is anchored vertically within its layout. Read/write.
Visible	Returns or sets whether the object is visible. Read/write Boolean.
Width	Gets or sets the width of the specified object in twips. Read/write Integer.

Events

Name	Description
Click	The Click event occurs when the user presses and then releases a mouse button over an object.
DblClick	The DblClick event occurs when the user presses and releases the left mouse button twice over an object within the double-click time limit of the system.
Enter	The Enter event occurs before a control actually receives the focus from a control on the same form or report.
Exit	The Exit event occurs just before a control loses the focus to another control on the same form or report.
GotFocus	The GotFocus event occurs when the specified object receives the focus.
LostFocus	The LostFocus event occurs when the specified object loses the focus.
MouseDown	The MouseDown event occurs when the user presses a mouse button.
MouseMove	The MouseMove event occurs when the user moves the mouse.
MouseUp	The MouseUp event occurs when the user releases a mouse button.
Updated	The Updated event occurs when an OLE object's data has been modified.