Pictures

[Emma]

Hello I have a picture I would like to display on my main menu (which has a
Tab Control). And I would also like my buttons to appear ontop of the
picture. Right now the only buttons that appear ontop have a tab control of
0. How do I get the rest of the buttons ontop, I tried cut and paste but it
didn't work. I'm using Access 2007. Thanks Emma

 

[MikeJohnB]

The only way I know how to do this is to set the picture as a background. You
don't appear to be able to bring the controls to the front or send the
picture to the back in the normal form layout. (I could be wrong)

To set it as a background, select the form properties, select Picture,
select the build button ... (Three dots) Locate the picture you want as
background. Select Embedded (Link if its not a shared data base) Select zoom,
clip or stretch.

You now have a background picture where all controls sit on the top.
However, it does not have a tab stop.

If this is not what you require, I apologise, cant think of any other way of
doing the job.

Kindest Regards

Mike B

 

[Emma]

Hi this answers my question somewhat. However I'm still not able to even add
colour to the pages in the tab control or the buttons. All I can change is
the font colour. I would like it to look pretty, ha ha.

 

[MikeJohnB]

Yes, you cant change the look of the buttons. However, what you can do is to
make dummy buttons using a Label, draw a label on your form put some text in
the label and select its properties. You can set the border style to raised,
solid back colour of any shade and you can then copy and paste your existing
button code to the on click event of the label.

Try it on a copy of your database, you got nothing to lose then.

Sorry, I think you are stuck with the tab controls though.


I hope this helps a little???

Regards
Mike B

 

[Emma]

Great I'll try it thanks for the quick response

Yes, you cant change the look of the buttons. However, what you can do is to
make dummy buttons using a Label, draw a label on your form put some text in
the label and select its properties. You can set the border style to raised,
solid back colour of any shade and you can then copy and paste your existing
button code to the on click event of the label.

Try it on a copy of your database, you got nothing to lose then.

Sorry, I think you are stuck with the tab controls though.


I hope this helps a little???

Regards
Mike B
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[Emma]

Hi MikeJohn,

I feel so stupid, all I had to do was make the control pages transparent,
and it looks beautiful. I did use your suggestion for the buttons! Thanks!

 

[MikeJohnB]

Glad to know you got to the bottom of your beautifying. Hope you're enjoying
Access as much as I do.

Kindest Regards

Mike