Form "twitch" on label mouuse_over

[Pat Garard]

G'Day All,

I have a couple of forms (Access 2003) that have additional (unattached)
labels.

These labels contain short notes/instruction for the user.

If the user (in the normal course of events) happens to move the cursor
over an unattached label, the Form "twitches" or "blinks" as though some
Event had occurred.

How may I avoid this?

 

[Guest]

Hi Pat,

It's unlikely to be caused by the moving of the mouse over the label
control... what else is happening on the form (eg: calculated fields, events
etc)

Damian.

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Damian,

The form is a Case Management form for a consultancy organisation.

It is often left open for extended periods.

It has a tab control with three tabs.

The first tab (Case Register) contains only bound controls (Case details).

On the second tab (Case Personnel - where this problem occurs) there
are two subforms (CaseClients and CaseConsultants) with labels, together
with these unattached "instruction" labels. Clients and Consultants are
associated with the Case on this tab.

Regardless of the "standing" period, the Form flickers when the cursor
is moved onto the unattached labels AND when it is moved off the unattached
labels.

This occurs consistently.

Of course this does not happen with the labels that are associated with
the subforms.

On the third tab (Case Appointments) there is a single subform for
Appointments. That subform itself contains two subforms (AppointmentClients
and AppointmentConsultants) together with additional (unattached) labels.
Here appointments are made between CaseClient(s) and CaseConsultant(s).

There is no problem with the third tab.

 

[Guest]

Wow, that is a strange one... The only thing I can suggest is that the flash
that you may see is simply the screen refreshing as the database refreshes
itself (as it does). If there is nothing different between the unattached
labels on the second tab and the third tab, then it really does seem odd.

One last thing - are they actually labels, or are they text boxes that are
generating a label for you, eg: ="Client " & [ClientName] as the control
source, even though it's formatted to look like a label?

D.

 

[tina]

see

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...1a81be563a8?lnk=st&q=&rnum=4#c98cf1a81be563a8

if you google these newsgroups for "screen flicker", you'll get a whole
bunch of posts on the issue, in case you want to read further.

hth

 

[Jeff Conrad]

Ahh yes, the famous label "twitch."

I like to refer to it as the "Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus label twitch" if you're familiar with
the Pink Panther movies.


MVP Allen Browne has the diagnosis and the fix for you:

http://allenbrowne.com/ser-46.html

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie - MVP
http://home.bendbroadband.com/conradsystems/accessjunkie.html
Access 2007 Info: http://www.AccessJunkie.com

in message:

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day All,

Thank you for your time and trouble - Jeff Conrad's tip was the one!

Jeff - this really had me stumped. The database had versions 1.x where this
simply did not happen.

Then we made some structural changes to the back end that involved some
careful mods to the existing Forms (giving v2.0) - that's when all this began.

I also note while pursuing this that the backcolor of the tab control is
lighter -
but of course cannot be set..

 

[Pat Garard]

Jeff,

I took a copy of the old version 1.x front end.

I re-linked the tables to point to the v2.0 back end.

I deleted the old forms and imported the v2.0 forms from the current
(development) front end.

The problem has disappeared!!