DatasheetFontHeight Property

Microsoft Access Visual Basic

DatasheetFontHeight Property

       

You can use the DatasheetFontHeight property to specify the font point size used to display and print field names and data in Datasheet view. Read/write Integer.

expression.DatasheetFontHeight

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

This property is only available in Visual Basic within a Microsoft Access database (.mdb)

You can set this property by selecting the font size from the Font Size box on the Formatting (Datasheet) toolbar.

You can also set this property with the Size boxes in the Font dialog box, available by clicking Font on the Format menu in Datasheet view.

For the DatasheetFontHeight property, the font size you specify must be valid for the font specified by the DatasheetFontName property. For example, MS Sans Serif is available only in sizes 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, and 24 points.

You can set the default DatasheetFontHeight property by using the settings under Default Font on the Datasheet tab of the Options dialog box, available by clicking Options on the Tools menu.

The following table contains the properties that don't exist in the DAO Properties collection of until you set them by using the Formatting (Datasheet) toolbar or you can add them in an Access database (.mdb) by using the CreateProperty method and append it to the DAO Properties collection.

DatasheetFontItalic* DatasheetForeColor*
DatasheetFontHeight* DatasheetBackColor
DatasheetFontName* DatasheetGridlinesColor
DatasheetFontUnderline* DatasheetGridlinesBehavior
DatasheetFontWeight* DatasheetCellsEffect

Note   When you add or set any property listed with an asterisk, Microsoft Access automatically adds all the properties listed with an asterisk to the Properties collection of the database.

Example

The following example sets the font to MS Serif, the font size to 10 points, and the font weight to medium (500) in Datasheet view of the Products table.

To set these properties, the example uses the SetTableProperty procedure, which is shown in the DatasheetFontItalic, DatasheetFontUnderline properties example.

Dim dbs As Object, objProducts As Object
Set dbs = CurrentDb
Const DB_Text As Long = 10
Const DB_Integer As Long = 3
Set objProducts = dbs!Products
SetTableProperty objProducts, "DatasheetFontName", DB_Text, "MS Serif"
SetTableProperty objProducts, "DatasheetFontHeight", DB_Integer, 10
SetTableProperty objProducts, "DatasheetFontWeight", DB_Integer, 500

The next example makes the same changes as the preceding example in Datasheet view of the open Products form.

Forms!Products.DatasheetFontName = "MS Serif"
Forms!Products.DatasheetFontHeight = 10
Forms!Products.DatasheetFontWeight = 500