Good day all...
I'm having a rather strange thing happen to my Access application. I have a
process that when it finishes, leaves the database window up, but the buttons
do not show until I mouse over them. In addition, there is a form open, but I
can not view it. None of the object type buttons on the left side of the
screen (tables, queries, forms....) are visible either, whether I mouse over
them or not. The menus only show on mouse over too. I have tried using the
refreshdatabasewindow method in VBA, but it just repaints it just like
before, with the same issues. I have minimized the window and re-maximized
with no effect. If I shut the db down and re-open, the view is normal again.
The VBA editor window appears to be unaffected, although, at times, the
normal toolbars and menu disappears, but this is only an issue at design time
and I can live with it if I could fix my primary issue. The process that I
ran and left the db window in this state references Microsoft CDO For
Exchange 2000 Library, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.x, as well as DAO
recordsets and a few createobject (Excel.application).
All recordsets are being released, all instances of excel are being killed,
and the variables are set to nothing at the end of the process. I have
stepped thru the code a line at a time and all operate as expected, but leave
the UI in the aforementioned state. Am I going insane??

Insane? Join the club!

Actually I think that you have a hardware or OS problem. Possibly there
isn't enough video memory or processing power for the graphics. Try
right-clicking the desktop and bringing up properties. Then go to the
Settings tab. Select a lesser screen resolution and/or less colors. See if
that helps.

Sometimes something as simple as an updated driver for your graphics card
can fix such problems.
--
Jerry Whittle, Microsoft Access MVP
Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two. Keith Bontrager - Bicycle Builder.


"Drayton T." wrote:

> Good day all...
> I'm having a rather strange thing happen to my Access application. I have a
> process that when it finishes, leaves the database window up, but the buttons
> do not show until I mouse over them. In addition, there is a form open, but I
> can not view it. None of the object type buttons on the left side of the
> screen (tables, queries, forms....) are visible either, whether I mouse over
> them or not. The menus only show on mouse over too. I have tried using the
> refreshdatabasewindow method in VBA, but it just repaints it just like
> before, with the same issues. I have minimized the window and re-maximized
> with no effect. If I shut the db down and re-open, the view is normal again.
> The VBA editor window appears to be unaffected, although, at times, the
> normal toolbars and menu disappears, but this is only an issue at design time
> and I can live with it if I could fix my primary issue. The process that I
> ran and left the db window in this state references Microsoft CDO For
> Exchange 2000 Library, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.x, as well as DAO
> recordsets and a few createobject (Excel.application).
> All recordsets are being released, all instances of excel are being killed,
> and the variables are set to nothing at the end of the process. I have
> stepped thru the code a line at a time and all operate as expected, but leave
> the UI in the aforementioned state. Am I going insane??

Brought my resolution down to 800X600 16 colors..

still the same.

My computer is locked down so I can't update the drivers, although they were
last updated 6/21/2007 (driver date)

Of course, it didnt work..that'd be too easy. Arrgghhhh

I run numerous access applications throughout the day, with this particular
one the only problem. D



"Jerry Whittle" wrote:

> Insane? Join the club!
>
> Actually I think that you have a hardware or OS problem. Possibly there
> isn't enough video memory or processing power for the graphics. Try
> right-clicking the desktop and bringing up properties. Then go to the
> Settings tab. Select a lesser screen resolution and/or less colors. See if
> that helps.
>
> Sometimes something as simple as an updated driver for your graphics card
> can fix such problems.
> --
> Jerry Whittle, Microsoft Access MVP
> Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two. Keith Bontrager - Bicycle Builder.
>
>
> "Drayton T." wrote:
>
> > Good day all...
> > I'm having a rather strange thing happen to my Access application. I have a
> > process that when it finishes, leaves the database window up, but the buttons
> > do not show until I mouse over them. In addition, there is a form open, but I
> > can not view it. None of the object type buttons on the left side of the
> > screen (tables, queries, forms....) are visible either, whether I mouse over
> > them or not. The menus only show on mouse over too. I have tried using the
> > refreshdatabasewindow method in VBA, but it just repaints it just like
> > before, with the same issues. I have minimized the window and re-maximized
> > with no effect. If I shut the db down and re-open, the view is normal again.
> > The VBA editor window appears to be unaffected, although, at times, the
> > normal toolbars and menu disappears, but this is only an issue at design time
> > and I can live with it if I could fix my primary issue. The process that I
> > ran and left the db window in this state references Microsoft CDO For
> > Exchange 2000 Library, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.x, as well as DAO
> > recordsets and a few createobject (Excel.application).
> > All recordsets are being released, all instances of excel are being killed,
> > and the variables are set to nothing at the end of the process. I have
> > stepped thru the code a line at a time and all operate as expected, but leave
> > the UI in the aforementioned state. Am I going insane??