[AccessD] Access 2003 can't cut and paste a control

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Aug 14 17:10:00 CDT 2012


Well, I did rebuild it from scratch in the new form.  I just switched back and forth between old / 
new to get all of the properties the same.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 8/14/2012 3:14 PM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi John
>
> Sounds like you need to delete and rebuild the offending combo.
>
> /gustav
>
>
>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 14-08-12 20:37 >>>
> My laptop is running Windows 7 (latest updates) and Office 2003 SP3.  I have a form which contains
> controls which I want to cut and paste to another form.  Just works right?
>
> No, it doesn't.  I was able to cut and paste one specific combo box, two text boxes and 2 command
> boxes copied just fine.  A second combo refuses to copy.  It alternates between page faulting
> (Access has quite working) and appearing that it copies (spinning wheel for a while then returning
> but not actually copying the combo).  In no event does it actually copy that specific combo.
>
> I made an empty access container, copied the source and destination forms into that, and tried the
> copy of these controls in that new container.  Same thing.  Everything copies except that one combo.
>
> If I try to copy any other control right into the same form it works, that control even into the
> same form, does not copy.
>
> I so love Access.
>



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