[AccessD] Puzzling Form hebaviour Access 2003

I'll repost since I just got asked this on another list last week,
A more common problem than I thought on subforms with tab and label  
flicker.

You ain't gonna believe this but if running WinXP change your theme
by right-clicking your Windows XP desktop, choosing Properties, and
setting the Theme to "Windows Classic".
If you cannot solve it by deselecting Use Windows Themed Controls
on Forms under Tools | Options | Forms/Reports in Access 2003
The flickering or flutter goes away on my machine using Win XP Theme
Classic and Access 2003 and by deselecting above option
The flickering is triggered by unattached labels on the page of a
tab control. The workaround is to convert these labels to text boxes.
For non english speakers I found this by google searching on Screen
Flutter rather than Flicker.

For full explanation. and code to correct all forms if above tools
option method doesn't work
http://members.iinet.net.au/~allenbrowne/ser-46.html

bchacc at san.rr.com wrote:

>Arthur:
>
>Check the archives.  I had this problem in an app and fixed it but can't
>remember how at the moment. I'm on vacation this week and I'm not supposed
>to work but if I get a chance later I'll look at that app and see if I can
>remember what the tweak was.  IIRC it was somerthing pretty simple.
>
>Rocky
>
>Original Message:
>-----------------
>From: Arthur Fuller artful at rogers.com
>Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:59:26 -0400
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Puzzling Form hebaviour Access 2003
>
>
>More on this...
>
>I have just hidden all but two of the heavily populated tab pages, and I
>still have the flicker. This is so strange it is beginning to interest me,
>rather than being just an annoying problem. I'm going to rebuild this form
>from scratch, page by page, and see where the flicker begins to happen. Many
>unbillable hours, but at least I will know!
>
>A.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
>Sent: July 3, 2005 12:54 AM
>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Puzzling Form hebaviour Access 2003
>
>I don't know about that, but will try to follow up that lead. What I do know
>is that there are LOTS of controls on this form, all stemming from a single
>table (it's more than 100, but I'm not sure of the exact count). Nuts table
>structure, I readily admit, but that's not the point.
>
>I think I'm going to try making the tabs invisible one by one and see at
>what point the problem goes away.
>
>Also, I have added a bunch of other forms to this app, some relatively
>complex (i.e. a listbox that serves as a finder, to the left of a bunch of
>columns copied from an autoform, and after that an embedded form/subform)
>and these forms do not suffer from this flicker issue.
>
>I'm guessing at this point that hiding one or more tabs on the form is going
>to make the flicker go away. If correct, I will then reveal one more form
>and start hiding individual controls to see at which number the flicker
>appears. 
>
>I will report results as soon as I have some.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
>Sent: July 2, 2005 1:58 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Puzzling Form hebaviour Access 2003
>
>Hi Arthur
>
>Could it be the same issue that Erwin and Marty dealt with 2004-11-30:
>
>  Form flickers like hell in A2K3
>
>/gustav
>
>
>  
>

-- 
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada