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ACC97: Tab Control Not Displayed Properly When Placed on ActiveX Control

Article ID: 167764

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q167764

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

SYMPTOMS

When you place a control from the toolbox over an ActiveX control on a form, the control is not visible or is not displayed properly. For example, when you place a tab control on top of a Calendar control, the tabs are the only part of the tab control painted on top of the Calendar control. The rest of the Calendar control is painted over the actual pages of the tab control.

MORE INFORMATION

The following controls do not appear correctly when you place them over an ActiveX control:

   List Box
   Subform/Subreport
   Tab Control

The following controls are not visible when you place them over an ActiveX control:

   Bound Object Frame
   Check Box
   Combo Box
   Command Button
   Image
   Label
   Line
   Option Button
   Option Group
   Rectangle
   Text Box
   Toggle Button
   Unbound Object Frame

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a new form in Design view.
On the Insert menu, click ActiveX Control. In the Insert ActiveX Control dialog box, click Calendar Control, and then click OK.
Add a tab control on top of the Calendar control, and then view the form in Form view.

Note that the tab control is not completely visible on the Calendar control.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating Tab controls, search the Help Index for "Tab controls, creating," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.

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