Report.Scale method (Access)

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01/22/2022

The Scale method defines the coordinate system for a Report object.

Syntax

expression.Scale (Flags, x1, y1, x2, y2)

expression A variable that represents a Report object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Flags	Required	Integer
x1	Required	Single	A value for the horizontal coordinate that defines the position of the upper-left corner of the object.
y1	Required	Single	A value for the vertical coordinate that defines the position of the upper-left corner of the object.
x2	Required	Single	A value for the horizontal coordinate that defines the position of the lower-right corner of the object.
y2	Required	Single	A value for the vertical coordinate that defines the position of the lower-right corner of the object.

Return value

Nothing

Remarks

Use this method only in an event procedure or a macro specified by the OnPrint or OnFormat event property for a report section, or the OnPage event property for a report.

Use the Scale method to reset the coordinate system to any scale that you choose. Using the Scale method with no arguments resets the coordinate system to twips. The Scale method affects the coordinate system for the Print method and the report graphics methods, which include the Circle, Line, and PSet methods.

Example

The following example draws a circle with one scale, and then uses the Scale method to change the scale and draw another circle with the new scale.

Private Sub Detail_Print(Cancel As Integer, PrintCount As Integer) 
 DrawCircle 
End Sub 
 
Sub DrawCircle() 
 Dim sngHCtr As Single, sngVCtr As Single 
 Dim sngNewH As Single, sngNewV As Single 
 Dim sngRadius As Single 
 
 Me.ScaleMode = 3 ' Set scale to pixels. 
 sngHCtr = Me.ScaleWidth / 2 ' Horizontal center. 
 sngVCtr = Me.ScaleHeight / 2 ' Vertical center. 
 sngRadius = Me.ScaleHeight / 3 ' Circle radius. 
 ' Draw circle. 
 Me.Circle (sngHCtr, sngVCtr), sngRadius 
 ' New horizontal scale. 
 sngNewH = Me.ScaleWidth * 0.9 
 ' New vertical scale. 
 sngNewV = Me.ScaleHeight * 0.9 
 ' Change to new scale. 
 Me.Scale(0, 0)-(sngNewH, sngNewV) 
 ' Draw circle. 
 Me.Circle (sngHCtr + 100, sngVCtr), sngRadius, RGB(0, 256, 0) 
End Sub

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