[AccessD] Background color on a tab control

...one of MS's half-hatched attempts to put some order into Access designs 
...problem of course is that it doesn't work on too many controls to really 
use it across the board ...I've been delving into using windows system 
colors set by the Control Panel Display settings to do this with mixed 
success ...no wizard out there really does that although Feddema and v-tools 
make baby steps toward it ...but then you have odd ball controls like the 
tab that don't follow the Access color scheme to begin with and the whole 
house of cards comes tumbling down :(

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Background color on a tab control


> Hi William,
>
> Thank you - the database is in A2000 format, but I am working on it in
> A2003.  I just went to check, and yes, there was a checkmark in the
> checkbox to use Windows themed controls on forms!  I didn't even know
> that sucker existed!  Clearing that checkmark has fixed the problem.
>
> Thanks again,
> Tina
>
> William Hindman wrote:
>> ...is the newer one in A2003 format with themed controls turned on?
>>
>> William
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
>> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 3:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Background color on a tab control
>>
>>
>>
>>> I did try that, without success.  Something seems to be wrong with this
>>> form - I just opened an older version of the database and found the form
>>> and its tab control to be the same color.  So, uh-oh, do I have a
>>> corrupted form here?  How would I be sure?
>>> Tina
>>>
>>>
>>
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