Alternatives to tabs?

[Guest]

Morning all,

I'm working on updating the look of our db (Access 2003) and want to replace
the tabs on our forms with something a little more "html" looking. Here's
what I want to do... I want to have a few grapical button links on the top.
When you click them I want the "frame" on the bottom to change to reflect
which button you selected. Is this possible?

TIA

Aaron G
Philadelphia, PA

 

[Rick Brandt]

Morning all,

I'm working on updating the look of our db (Access 2003) and want to
replace the tabs on our forms with something a little more "html"
looking. Here's what I want to do... I want to have a few grapical
button links on the top. When you click them I want the "frame" on
the bottom to change to reflect which button you selected. Is this
possible?

Set the TabStyle of your TabControl to "None". You can then use any method
you like to change the currently selected page with...

Me.TabControl.Value = n

....where n is the index value of the page you want. This could be the click
event of a label made to look like a hyperlink, or a CommandButton, or by
selecting from a list, or anything else you can think of.

 

[chriske911]

Morning all,

I'm working on updating the look of our db (Access 2003) and want to replace
the tabs on our forms with something a little more "html" looking. Here's
what I want to do... I want to have a few grapical button links on the top.
When you click them I want the "frame" on the bottom to change to reflect
which button you selected. Is this possible?

TIA

Aaron G
Philadelphia, PA

sure, you can put a picture on the tab control or...
if you really want to build something yourself:

just call the tabpage change from the graphical button
it has been a while since I've used one of those but take a look in the
help as what command to use for changing the displayed tabpage
don't forget to set the display of the tabs to none if you want to use
your own pictures

grtz

 

[Guest]

Rick,

That's EXACTLY what I needed! Thanks!

Aaron G
Philadelphia, PA