tabbed pages on form

[chris]

I have a form which had six tabbed pages across the bottom half on
which I have subforms or extra fields such as a "notes" page which
won't fit on the main form.

I recently added a seventh tabbed page onto which I dragged a number
of fields (which hold extra data which is not always required in the
record) onto it from the main form. This seemed to work fine but the
fields also show on another tab, and can be used there, even though I
have not put them there.

Also when I leave the form and come back to it (clicking a button to
preview a report and then closing the preview). I find that the fields
from my 7th tab are visible on another tab, superimposed on the data
which should be there! It disappears when clicking on the page.

What have I done wrong?
Chris

 

[BruceM]

Rather than dragging, cut the controls, then click the tab to select it.
That is to say, you need to select the particular tab page, not the tab
control itself. Clicking the actual tab (where the page label is located)
selects the page. Once it is selected, paste the controls. They should end
up on only that page. If you do not follow this procedure the controls may
end up on the main form, and will "show through" the tab pages. This can be
useful in some cases (you don't need a separate Exit button on each page,
for instance), but it can be a bit vexing to work with.

 

[Rick Brandt]

I have a form which had six tabbed pages across the bottom half on
which I have subforms or extra fields such as a "notes" page which
won't fit on the main form.

I recently added a seventh tabbed page onto which I dragged a number
of fields (which hold extra data which is not always required in the
record) onto it from the main form. This seemed to work fine but the
fields also show on another tab, and can be used there, even though I
have not put them there.

Also when I leave the form and come back to it (clicking a button to
preview a report and then closing the preview). I find that the fields
from my 7th tab are visible on another tab, superimposed on the data
which should be there! It disappears when clicking on the page.

What have I done wrong?
Chris

Only *new* controls can be dragged onto TabPages. Existing controls have to be
cut and pasted. Cut them to the clipboard, select the desired page, then paste.