can't edit text in text boxes

[mark kubicki]

what could possibly cause this (I'm out of areas to look)

I'm in the process of developing a project and have a main menu form with
various controls, text boxes, tabs, etc (the usual stuff)
Suddenly (by accident, I notice that I can't edit any of the textboxes...
all of the other controls work, just not the text...

- the boxes are enabled and allow edits...
- the form is enabled...
- the form's data source is correct (I think.. the text boxes are filling in
with the correct information... - the data source is a 1-record table);
- if I open the data table in data sheet view, it's editable?

I'm simply confused

thanks in advance,
mark

 

[John W. Vinson]

what could possibly cause this (I'm out of areas to look)

I'm in the process of developing a project and have a main menu form with
various controls, text boxes, tabs, etc (the usual stuff)
Suddenly (by accident, I notice that I can't edit any of the textboxes...
all of the other controls work, just not the text...

- the boxes are enabled and allow edits...
- the form is enabled...
- the form's data source is correct (I think.. the text boxes are filling in
with the correct information... - the data source is a 1-record table);
- if I open the data table in data sheet view, it's editable?

I'm simply confused

thanks in advance,
mark

Just make sure that the Enabled property of each textbox is Yes; its Locked
property is No; its Control Source is the desired field; and that the form
itself is Enabled.

It's possible that you have some sort of corruption, though; try making a
backup of your database and then using Tools... Database Utilities... Compact
and Repair.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

 

[mark kubicki]

tried all of your suggestions (thanks); unfortunately, none of them
worked... anything else?

?

 

[John W. Vinson]

tried all of your suggestions (thanks); unfortunately, none of them
worked... anything else?

Sounds like the form itself has become corrupt. I'd try creating a new form,
and copy and paste all the controls from this form onto the new one (along
with any code behind the controls). If the new form works, delete the old one
and compact the database to get rid of its residue.

John W. Vinson [MVP]