transparent background on tab control doesn't work on Access 2003

[L Kates]

I have Access 2003 running under 2003 sbs on one of my workstations, and XP
running on the other. On the 2003 system, the version is11.5614.5606), on
the XP system, the version is11.8166.8221) SP3. I have designed a system
with Access that uses tab controls. I set the background property on the tab
control to "transparent" so that the color of the underlying form will show
through. On my 2003 machine, that works; on the XP machine, using the exact
same code, the tab controls remain white regardless of the color of the host
form. Obviously, i expected the control to act the same on both systems. Is
there any known reason for this?

 

[Allen Browne]

Transparent backgrounds don't work for tab controls in A2003/2007 unless you
turn off Themed controls.

In A2003, go to:
Tools | Options | Form/Reports.