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Article ID: 208191 - Last Review: July 16, 2004 - Revision: 1.1
ACC2000: Can't See Controls Placed in Tab Area of Tab Control
This article was previously published under Q208191
This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).
Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.
If you place controls on an ActiveX tab control in any area except the page
area, you cannot see the control in Form view.
Controls not placed on a tab control page are placed in the detail section of the form underneath the tab control. The controls will still be there; they are just coverd up by the tab control.
Always place controls in the page area of a tab control, and not on top of,
or to the right of, the tabs themselves.
Any control or portion of a control that you place on top of a tab, or in
the area to the right of the rightmost tab on the control, is not visible in Form view.
CAUTION: If you follow the steps in this example, you modify the sample database Northwind.mdb. You may want to back up the Northwind.mdb file and follow these steps on a copy of the database.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Start Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
- In the Database window, click Forms under Objects, and then click New.
- In the New Form dialog box, select Design View, and then click OK. A new form opens in Design view.
- In the toolbox, click the Tab Control control.
- Click anywhere in the blank area of the detail section of the form.
Note that a tab control containing two pages appears on the form.
- In the toolbox, click the Text Box control.
- Place the text box on the tab control in the area to the right of the tabs.
- View the form in Form view. Note that the text box is not visible.
For more information about the tab control, click
Microsoft Access Help on the
Help menu, type
tab control in the Office Assistant or
the Answer Wizard, and then click
Search to view the topics
returned.
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- Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
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