Re: Access 2003 - Tab control moving around on form

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I suspect that your form may be corrupted. First, I'd copy all the objects
except for that form to a new empty database. Make sure you set the
references the you did in the first database. I'd then build a new form to
replace the existing one.

If you have a lot of work in it that you don't want to lose, just add a new
tab control to the new form and copy the other controls and code, a page at
a time. You can have multiple copies open at the same time, just make sure
you don't mix them up. I'd add a big temporary label to the new one to make
sure that you can easily differentiate between them.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
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"Jimbo mambo" <Jimbomambo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have a tab control placed on a form. When the form is opened, the tab
> control moves to a different position than was set on the form in design
> view. What's really weird is that when I click on a tab on the tab
control,
> the form will sometimes "jump" back into place. Other times it just stays
in
> the wrong position -- usually further to the top or left of where I placed
> the tab control in design mode.
>
> I believe this may be a corrupted form. I say this because I can create a
> new form, copy the tab control over, and it behaves properly.
>
> But, this same form that behaves properly on my machine, has the tab
control
> out of position again on another users machine where I've copied the
database.
>
> FYI, the form has a linked background image whose dimensions is set to the
> max dimensions of the user's screen resolution (1024x768). The background
> image makes the UI "pretty" plus gives me a visual guide as to how much
real
> estaet I have to layout the numerous controls.
>
> Now, I'm designing this database for a client of mine and I can't have
> things moving all around the screen at random. I must be able to control
the
> appearance of the UI both on my machine and on my client's machine. They
have
> MS Access 2000 by the way.
>
> I'm very nervous about continuing to build parts of this solution in MS
> Access because of the unpredicatbility of how forms will appear on
different
> machines, and possible on different versions of Access.
>
> First, is this issue a know bug in Access?
>
> Second, can somone point me to a guide that explains how to best design
> forms in a way to avoid such problems?
>
>
>
>


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