[AccessD] Tabcontrol mis-behaving

Hi Dan,

The old .mdb file had themed controls turned off!!

Yes, when I created the new database container and copied 
all the objects into this, I only turned off 'Track Name 
Autocorrect info' and didn't know that the .mdb would 
default to 'Use Windows Themed Controls on Forms'....

When turning this option off, I was able to get a 
transparent backstyle tab control again - using Access 
2003 ...

So, I guess if you want to use Windows Themed Control and 
also have a background color on the Tab pages that are 
similar to the general background color of the Form, your 
only option is to fill out the tab page with a colored box 
control to cover up the default white background of the tab 
page....

Regards
borge

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:30:12 -0500
>From: "Dan Waters" <dwaters at usinternet.com>  
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Tabcontrol mis-behaving  
>To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>
>Hi Borge,
>
>In Access 2003, you have the option of using Windows Themed 
Controls in
>Tools|Options|Forms & Reports.  If you check this, you get 
rounded corner
>buttons, white tab control backgrounds, etc.  Perhaps your 
original database
>did not have this checked, but your new database does.
>
>I wasn't able to change the tab control color in Access 
2002 either - it was
>always Access gray.
>
>Keep using tab controls!  They are a great way to present 
many times the
>number of controls to users as you have space on the screen.
>
>I don't know about the other issues.  Good luck with those.
>
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
pcs at azizaz.com
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:35 AM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problemsolving
>Subject: [AccessD] Tabcontrol mis-behaving
>
>Access 2003
>On XP and Vista
>
>I have Form in a small app that has a Tabcontrol with 4 
>pages two of which are in use.
>On on tab page a few text controls and subform control
>On the other tab page an activex control (ocxWeb)
>
>Transparent Backstyle
>Style = None
>Multirow = No
>
>After a couple of days running fine on Vista it now crashes 
>continous when trying to open the Form with the tabcontrol.
>
>On XP box works fine
>
>I Import the app from XP box to Vista box - same thing 
>happens again - Access crashes (exception in Access.exe) 
>when trying to open Form.
>
>I create an empty .mdb and import all objects.
>
>I Open the App and lo and behold!! the Form opens, but the 
>background / backstyle of the Tabcontrol is now WHITE!! 
>although setting is still set to transparent backstyle....
>
>No way I can get rid of this unwanted white background.
>
>What is this? 
>
>Should I just re-create the Form with a transparent 
>backstyle tabcontrol - hoping this is just a one time odd 
>behaviour - or is there something about tabcontrols that 
>suggest that I should stay away from them???
>
>Regards
>Borge
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