Dashboard graphics in forms and reports

Mike Alexander, Excel MVP recently sent us a pointer to a blog post with some cool ideas to spice up your application with data visualizations. Here is a quick sample:

Mike didn’t mention attachments in his post but the attachment control works really well for storing images. I have a similar technique for a ratings control—will try to get around to posting it.

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  • Thank you for a fresh and creative perspective, Mike! You are right, many who use Access do not typically consider the tremendous impact that indicator graphics can bring to forms and reports. Your colorful gauges and bars with their arrows and lines spark ideas for fun and creative ways to present data. No doubt you have been inspired by the cool in-cell graphics capabilities of Excel :) thank you for opening minds to do something along those lines in Access... it looks great! Warm Regards,

    Crystal * (: have an awesome day :) *

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