is there a way to spread/split a database over multi monitors.
I can't find anything online that specifically deals with anything
other than expanding the desktop.

What this person has is a database with 5 subforms.
I was trying to see if there was any way to put the main page on one
monitor and either have the subforms on monitor 2 and work with them
there or be able to select the subforms on the main database and have
them open on monitor 2.


is there a way to do this?
if so could someone point me to a site that talks about how this is
done?

thank you for any help or pointers about this type of thing

On 07/04/2011 13:51:10, sparks wrote:
You can certainly spread the Access window over 2 monitors and show different
forms, but to all intents and purposes all you have effectively is a single
monitor some 40" wide. What I find particularly usefut is to use 1 screen to
display a form, and the other screen to display the corresponding code. This
effectively works as 2 screens with separate minimise, maximise and restore
buttons for both Access and VBA. Very very useful, as I can input data into
the form and monitor what is going on in the code at the same time. The
immediate window can be used to display diagnostics

Phil

The main problem is that a form can only be a max of 22 " wide.

It would be great if a single form could be displayed/stretched 40
inches wide but 22 is the max that access will allow


On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:16:05 +0100, "Phil" <phil (AT) stantonfamily (DOT) co.uk>
wrote:

You could open two forms.
The Main form with just the main form data
A second form with the tabs on it.

You would need to use vba on the main form to force an update of the tabs on
the second form.


John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

On 4/7/2011 11:42 AM, sparks wrote: