I've got fuzzy labels!

[Joseph Ellis]

Hello all,

I have a form which contains a couple of unbound labels (that is,
labels which are not "attached" to any control). When I open the
form, everything looks normal. But as I click through successive
records in the form, the unbound labels get progressively darker and
"fuzzier" in appearance.

This does not happen to bound labels, and occurs regardless of font
face, size, or location on the screen.

I did a search through Google groups, but found only one reference to
this problem with no posted solution.

What can I do to stop this from happening?

Thanks,
Joseph

 

[TC]

Erk!

I'd start by suppressing the whole code module of your form, to be sure that
nothing in there is causing it.

#IF FALSE THEN ' <- new first line.
' rest of code module
#ENDIF ' <- new last line.

Then try again & see what happens.

HTH,
TC

 

[Joseph Ellis]

Hello all,

I have a form which contains a couple of unbound labels (that is,
labels which are not "attached" to any control). When I open the
form, everything looks normal. But as I click through successive
records in the form, the unbound labels get progressively darker and
"fuzzier" in appearance.

This does not happen to bound labels, and occurs regardless of font
face, size, or location on the screen.

I did a search through Google groups, but found only one reference to
this problem with no posted solution.

What can I do to stop this from happening?

Thanks,
Joseph

Actually, I can solve the problem by replacing the labels with unbound
text boxes with a Control Source of:

="Displayed Text"

But I'd still be interested in learning more about this issue and what
causes it.

Joseph

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

Hello all,

I have a form which contains a couple of unbound labels (that is,
labels which are not "attached" to any control). When I open the
form, everything looks normal. But as I click through successive
records in the form, the unbound labels get progressively darker and
"fuzzier" in appearance.

This does not happen to bound labels, and occurs regardless of font
face, size, or location on the screen.

I did a search through Google groups, but found only one reference to
this problem with no posted solution.

What can I do to stop this from happening?

Thanks,
Joseph

I've never heard of a problem like this, but it seems to me there are
two paths for investigation: either it's something you're doing, or
not. Do you have any code in the form, especially any code that refers
to those labels? Do you run any macros that affect those labels? Does
it happen only on this one form? If you create a new form with detached
labels, does the same problem manifest itsef?

If it's not anything you're doing, then it could be a problem with your
video driver. You could try different video settings to see if that
makes a difference, or you could check for an updated driver.

 

[asnyder1126]

The Solution

I know this answer is coming a little late but... I had the same problem and I found out that the problem was a rectangle that I used to make a box around my labels. I had the rectangle set as transparent in the middle with a line color. When I removed the rectangle the problem went away. I was able to paste the rectangle back and had no problems. I think the root problem is other objects on the form that are in front of the label control. You could try using the send to back or send forward commands under format in the form design view and that may help. I fixed mine by removing the rectangle and repasting it which I think did the same thing as the send to back command.

Hope this help people.