I see tabs, but users don't

[Rosemary]

This is a continuation of post on 2/11. I have a form with 6 tabs on it. I
see them all, but when a user opens it, they only see the 1st tab. I've made
sure that there's no VBA code setting the visible property to false, I've
made sure the visible property on all the subforms is true. I've been
comparing to another tabbed form that works, and the only thing I can see is
that I don't have a query on the main form, but have a query for each subform
on the tabs. Therefore, I have nothing linking the main form to all the
subforms. Could this be the problem? All the information comes from one
table, the tabs represent the 6 volume bands in the table.
Hope someone can help!

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

This is a continuation of post on 2/11. I have a form with 6 tabs on it.
I
see them all, but when a user opens it, they only see the 1st tab. I've
made
sure that there's no VBA code setting the visible property to false, I've
made sure the visible property on all the subforms is true. I've been
comparing to another tabbed form that works, and the only thing I can see
is
that I don't have a query on the main form, but have a query for each
subform
on the tabs. Therefore, I have nothing linking the main form to all the
subforms. Could this be the problem? All the information comes from one
table, the tabs represent the 6 volume bands in the table.
Hope someone can help!

When you say you don't see the tabs, is that what you really mean -- you
don't see the little tabs that you click on to change pages? Or do you mean
that the subforms on the tab *pages* are blank? If it's the latter, then
its likely a result of the subforms having no data to display, and no
ability to add data (either because the subform doesn't allow additions, or
the recordsource query is not updatable, or the database is -- for those
users -- read-only).

 

[Rosemary]

When you say you don't see the tabs, is that what you really mean -- you
don't see the little tabs that you click on to change pages? Or do you mean
that the subforms on the tab *pages* are blank? If it's the latter, then
its likely a result of the subforms having no data to display, and no
ability to add data (either because the subform doesn't allow additions, or
the recordsource query is not updatable, or the database is -- for those
users -- read-only).

--
Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
www.datagnostics.com

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They literally don't see the tabs. It comes up looking like a single form with the first tab in view (but not the actual tab at the top). I have the database on a server, and I've check their permissions to the folder where it resides, and they have R/W permissions.

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

They literally don't see the tabs. It comes up looking like a single form
with the first tab in view (but not the actual tab at the top). I have
the database on a server, and I've check their permissions to the folder
where it resides, and they have R/W permissions.

That's weird. So they literally don't see the tabs, but they do see the
first tab page. I've never heard of such a thing. Have you verified that
the tabs just haven't scrolled off the top? Are there scroll bars visible
on the form? Have you seen this for yourself on their computers, or a
screen shot of it?

Is this an unsplit application -- just a database on the server, opened
directly by all users? That's not generally a good idea, but I can't see
how it would cause this behavior. Do you (or they) see any different
behavior depending on whether someone else has the database already open
when they open it?

Do you and all users have similar computer configurations -- operating
system, Access version, display drivers, etc. -- or is there something
different about your PC?

 

[Rosemary]

That's weird. So they literally don't see the tabs, but they do see the
first tab page. I've never heard of such a thing. Have you verified that
the tabs just haven't scrolled off the top? Are there scroll bars visible
on the form? Have you seen this for yourself on their computers, or a
screen shot of it?

Is this an unsplit application -- just a database on the server, opened
directly by all users? That's not generally a good idea, but I can't see
how it would cause this behavior. Do you (or they) see any different
behavior depending on whether someone else has the database already open
when they open it?

Do you and all users have similar computer configurations -- operating
system, Access version, display drivers, etc. -- or is there something
different about your PC?

--
Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
www.datagnostics.com

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[Rosemary]

That's weird. So they literally don't see the tabs, but they do see the
first tab page. I've never heard of such a thing. Have you verified that
the tabs just haven't scrolled off the top? Are there scroll bars visible
on the form? Have you seen this for yourself on their computers, or a
screen shot of it?

Is this an unsplit application -- just a database on the server, opened
directly by all users? That's not generally a good idea, but I can't see
how it would cause this behavior. Do you (or they) see any different
behavior depending on whether someone else has the database already open
when they open it?

Do you and all users have similar computer configurations -- operating
system, Access version, display drivers, etc. -- or is there something
different about your PC?

--
Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
www.datagnostics.com

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Oh my goodness! You are so right, I have a big monitor and don't have to worry about scrolling. I put scroll bars on the main form, SMS'ed to the user's machine and sure enough - all they had to do was scroll up. I'm embarrassed how much time I've spent on this.

Thanks so much for your help