Pasting controls onto tabs

[Stephen Glynn]

According to

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA012300491033.aspx#8

'Sometimes, you may have controls that you want to remain visible on the
form, regardless of which tab page is selected — for example, OK and
Cancel command buttons. One way to do this is to place the controls on
the form, but outside of the tab control. Alternatively, you can make a
control available to all pages, while still appearing to be contained
within the tab control. To do this, create the control outside of the
tab control (for example, in the Detail section), and then drag and drop
the control inside the boundaries of the tab control. The control will
appear to be contained in the tab control, but will remain visible and
available to all tab pages, regardless of which one is selected.'

Is there any way to turn this feature *off*, so that I can copy groups
of controls on a form and paste them onto a tab in a new form *without*
their showing through on all the pages? Or do I have to recreate them
all by hand?

Steve

 

[Rick Brandt]

According to

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA012300491033.aspx#8

'Sometimes, you may have controls that you want to remain visible on
the form, regardless of which tab page is selected — for example, OK
and Cancel command buttons. One way to do this is to place the
controls on the form, but outside of the tab control. Alternatively,
you can make a control available to all pages, while still appearing
to be contained within the tab control. To do this, create the
control outside of the tab control (for example, in the Detail
section), and then drag and drop the control inside the boundaries of
the tab control. The control will appear to be contained in the tab
control, but will remain visible and available to all tab pages,
regardless of which one is selected.'
Is there any way to turn this feature *off*, so that I can copy groups
of controls on a form and paste them onto a tab in a new form
*without* their showing through on all the pages? Or do I have to
recreate them all by hand?

Steve

To put *existing* controls onto TabPages you have to Cut them to the clipboard,
select the desired page, and then Paste. Only *new* controls can be put onto
pages using Drag and Drop.

 

[Stephen Glynn]

To put *existing* controls onto TabPages you have to Cut them to the clipboard,
select the desired page, and then Paste. Only *new* controls can be put onto
pages using Drag and Drop.

Yeah, I understand that. But my problem is that I'm copying and pasting
things onto Tab Pages and they're showing through on ALL the tabs. I
only want them to appear on the tab onto which I've pasted them .

Steve

 

[Rick Brandt]

Yeah, I understand that. But my problem is that I'm copying and
pasting things onto Tab Pages and they're showing through on ALL the
tabs. I only want them to appear on the tab onto which I've pasted
them .

Then you are doing it incorrectly. Make sure that you click on the tab of the
desired page before pasting. It is not enough for it to simply be "in the
front".

 

[Stephen Glynn]

Then you are doing it incorrectly. Make sure that you click on the tab of the
desired page before pasting. It is not enough for it to simply be "in the
front".

We're at cross-purposes, I fear. Even if I copy the controls, paste
them onto a TabPage and THEN add a second TabPage I still see the
controls on both TabPages rather than just on the one onto which I
originally pasted them. My reading of the article at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA012300491033.aspx#8
suggests this is supposed to happen, and I wondered if there was some
way to stop it.

Is there something wrong with my copy of Access 2000 (I realise the
article applies to 2003; I'd just assumed it described what I've
encountered)?

Steve

 

[Rick Brandt]

Then you are doing it incorrectly. Make sure that you click on the
tab of the desired page before pasting. It is not enough for it to
simply be "in the front".

We're at cross-purposes, I fear. Even if I copy the controls, paste
them onto a TabPage and THEN add a second TabPage I still see the
controls on both TabPages rather than just on the one onto which I
originally pasted them. [snip]

Then they are not on the page but on the form behind the tab control. Simple
test...just move the entire tab control a large amount. Do the controls also
move? If not then you never got them onto a tab page.

 

[Stephen Glynn]

Stephen Glynn wrote:


Rick Brandt wrote:


To put *existing* controls onto TabPages you have to Cut them to
the clipboard, select the desired page, and then Paste. Only
*new* controls can be put onto pages using Drag and Drop.


Yeah, I understand that. But my problem is that I'm copying and
pasting things onto Tab Pages and they're showing through on ALL
the tabs. I only want them to appear on the tab onto which I've
pasted them .


Then you are doing it incorrectly. Make sure that you click on the
tab of the desired page before pasting. It is not enough for it to
simply be "in the front".

We're at cross-purposes, I fear. Even if I copy the controls, paste
them onto a TabPage and THEN add a second TabPage I still see the
controls on both TabPages rather than just on the one onto which I
originally pasted them. [snip]

Then they are not on the page but on the form behind the tab control. Simple
test...just move the entire tab control a large amount. Do the controls also
move? If not then you never got them onto a tab page.

Ahh! Thanks. That's clearly where I was going wrong. Thanks -- sorry
to have been so dim!

Steve