Disappearing Form

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I attempted to create a form that links to several different tables.
I entered all the fields, and they are all pointing in the right
directions. I opened the form in design view and edited it to look
professional, but then when I saved it and opened it in form view
instead of design view, the form appears blank, with nothing showing
but the background. When I switch back to form design everything
appears again. Also, all the elements appear just fine in "filter by
form" mode. It's only in form view that the form appears blank.

I have Access 2003.

If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong, I'd really apprectiate the
help. Thanks.
 
I attempted to create a form that links to several different tables.
I entered all the fields, and they are all pointing in the right
directions. I opened the form in design view and edited it to look
professional, but then when I saved it and opened it in form view
instead of design view, the form appears blank, with nothing showing
but the background. When I switch back to form design everything
appears again. Also, all the elements appear just fine in "filter by
form" mode. It's only in form view that the form appears blank.

I have Access 2003.

If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong, I'd really apprectiate the
help. Thanks.
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This occurs when there are no existing records to display, and the form
can't add any records. Unless the form has its AllowAdditions property set
to No, the most likely cause of not being able to add records is that the
RecordSource query is not updatable.

I suggest that you try to open the form's RecordSource query directly as a
datasheet, and see if (a) any records can be displayed, and (b) it's
possible to edit the records or add new ones. If not, then see the help
topic, "When can I update data from a query? (MDB)" for pointers to what you
may have done wrong in building your query.
 
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