Tab control formatting

[C Tate]

I have created a form in Access 2003 and, as part of it, have inserted a tab
control which contains a sub-form. I cannot seem to get the sub-form looking
right on the tab control. The tab page is sort of white and my sub-form is
grey. I cannot get the sub-form to go right up to the edges of the tab page
and there remains an odd-looking white border around the sub-form. There
doesn't seem to be an option to turn the tab page grey to match the sub-form
either. Any advice on how to make it look better?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried copying the numerical value for one background into the
background field for the other on their respective option sheets?
You could also try to set the Background of your subform to Transparent, and
set the frame of it to Transparent as well, plus make sure it's a "Flat"
frame, not "Sunken", which will effectively hide the visual evidence of you
using a subform.

 

[C Tate]

Hmmm ... but can you change the colour of the tab control to the same colour
as your form background? There appears no option to do this.

 

[Guest]

Oh, you mean the actual tabs themselves?
Hm, no, I don't know how to do that, or if it can be done. Sorry

The colour of the body of the tab control will be the same as your
underlying form, however, if you set the tab control's Back Style property to
Transparent. Otherwise it's shown in your Windows system colours.

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

See the tip in this article about the BackColor property. Using the system
colour as described in that tip will make the form match the tab control
better.

http://www.fmsinc.com/tpapers/genaccess/formtips.html

Alternatively, check out Steven Lebans's TabColors class here ...

http://www.lebans.com/tabcolors.htm