subforms and tab controls

[Guest]

I have a form with basic contact information. I want to add a 4 page tab
control with one or more of the pages with subforms. In design mode I can
insert a subform on a page of the tab control. However, in Form view, it
does not appear, only a fuzzy outline shadow of it.

When I put the subform on the main form, there is no problem.

Can someone help me out here?

John431

 

[John W. Vinson]

I have a form with basic contact information. I want to add a 4 page tab
control with one or more of the pages with subforms. In design mode I can
insert a subform on a page of the tab control. However, in Form view, it
does not appear, only a fuzzy outline shadow of it.

When I put the subform on the main form, there is no problem.

It's fairly easy to put a control "in front of" or "behind" a tab control -
it's still logically just on the form. If you can drag it so that it's half on
and half off the tab, that's what's happened!

Select the subform; type Ctrl-X to cut it to the clipboard. Select the tab of
the tab control (NOT the surface or edge, but the tab itself) - the tab page
should darken indicating that it's been selected. Then type Ctrl-V to paste
the subform onto the page itself.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the quick reply, John. What you suggested I did originally. I
repeated the process again, but I still have the same result. It doesn't
show up in form view.

John431

 

[John W. Vinson]

Thanks for the quick reply, John. What you suggested I did originally. I
repeated the process again, but I still have the same result. It doesn't
show up in form view.

Odd. Is the Subform's Enabled property perhaps set to No? What version of
Access are you using?

John W. Vinson [MVP]

 

[Guest]

P.S. My apologies. I mistakenly had the fields in the subform set to Not
Visible.

John431

 

[John W. Vinson]

I mistakenly had the fields in the subform set to Not
Visible.

<wry chuckle> My sympathies. Isn't that frustrating?

Hate to say how often I've done something similar.

John W. Vinson [MVP]