tab control background

[JohnB]

I am having a problem with the back style = transparent
setting for tab controls. In Access 2000, the
transparent setting works correctly but when I import the
app to Acces 2003 the transparent setting no longer
works. In fact, I tried creating a blank database in
Access 2003, create a form, add a tab control and set the
back style to transparent. Doesn't work.

 

[Allen Browne]

You are correct.

Access 2003 does not respect the Transparent setting of the tab control,
when running under Windows XP with Themes enabled.

You can work around this by right-clicking your desktop, and setting the
Theme to Windows Classic.

Themes also cause other problems such as:
- unattached labels on a tab control flicker as the mouse moves over them.
Workaround:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-46.html

- Triple-state check boxes are not distinguished visually.

- In some cases, you may not be able to distinguish a region of the screen,
select objects, or use scrollbars. The most common problems occur in the
query design window, and the Relationships window.