Clickable area on graphic 1

[GreenMtns]

Hi
I am new at this and am developing a database to record accidents and their causes. I "think" I would like to place a graphic of a vehicle on a form. I would then place on top of that graphic some rectangles that would have their visible properties set to no. The rectangles would be filled with "backcolor"= Red. The on click event would be Me.Visible = Yes so the rectangle would turn red on top of the base graphic when clicked.
Seems simple to me but apparently not to Access 2003

Am I way off base here?
Thanks

 

[fneily]

Me.Visible = Yes pertains to the FORM not a rectangle. Me![rectanglename].Visible = yes pertains to a rectangle.

 

[randy700]

You cannot "click" on an object when it's visible property is set to NO.
Why not set the Back Style and Border Style properties to "Transparent".
Change them with the On_Click event.


Randy

 

[straybullet]

or make a regular button and set it to transparent - you'll be able to click it.

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[TheAceMan1]

GreenMtns . . .

We may be able to help you better if you explain the point of the red squares?

See Ya! . . . . . .

Be sure to see thread181-473997
Also faq181-2886

 

[GreenMtns]

Well I guess I was thinking that it would give the user a quick visual about the accident and also be able to track the area that a driver is having a problem with with. An example would be right turns or backing.

I am probably going about this wrong and would like any other suggestions you can come up with.

 

[GreenMtns]

Thank you all for your help. I did not know that I needed to name the control if it was not the form. I have not been able to make a rectangle clickable for some reason. Even though there is a click event for the rectangle when not in design mode it will not click. I tried the button with the same result.

So I have designed a graphic with small rectangles at each damage point. Each has a checkbox beside the rectangle. When the checkbox is checked the rectangle turns red, otherwise it is the same as the background color. This seems to work and accomplishes the same thing although with more controls,

Again thank you

 

[fneily]

Creativity. I like it. You could even expand it so that when a user clicks on a spot, it not even turns red, but maybe a note box opens up to type in a description of the problem. Or a textbox to hold an estimated cost. Nice going.