Transparent Backstyle in Tab Control Not Working

[Guest]

Hi

I am programming in Access 2003 under XP Home Edition, and am unable to get
the Backstyle to work with the Transparent setting when using Tab controls.
The format is the same whether I choose Normal or Transparent.

Has anyone else experienced this, or found a solution?

Many Thanks
Chris

 

[Allen Browne]

This is a problem with themed controls under Windows XP.

You can avoid the problem if you uncheck the box:
Tools | Options | Forms/Reports | Use Windows Themed Controls.

 

[Rick Brandt]

This is a problem with themed controls under Windows XP.

You can avoid the problem if you uncheck the box:
Tools | Options | Forms/Reports | Use Windows Themed Controls.

But apparently that only fixes the body of the pages. The actual "tabs" are
still white as opposed to being the normal system color (in my case gray).
Is there any setting that fixes that?

 

[Allen Browne]

AFAIK Rick, the other option is to turn off themes under WinXP, i.e.
right-click the Windows desktop, choose Properties, and set the Theme to
Classic.

 

[Guest]

Allen

Sorry I havn't got back to you earlier, but Ihave only just been back on my
XP machine.

Thanks very much. This has indeed sorted my problem out, I'll just work out
how to code that up in VBA so that I can set the environment

Regards
Chris

 

[Guest]

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Todd Thompson

AFAIK Rick, the other option is to turn off themes under WinXP, i.e.
right-click the Windows desktop, choose Properties, and set the Theme to
Classic.