Help! Design View Incorrect!

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Sheryl

I was just put in charge of a database at work. The
switchboard appears correctly in form view, but it is all
messed up in design view. The labels for buttons are
different... Some are ok, some should be on forms the
buttons take you to, etc. Why don't these views match?

The default view is single and both. I've tried messing
with the hidden button, changing the default views, etc.
Nothing works! Help!

Sheryl
 
Does the switchboard work as intended? If so, there is no
need to worry about the controls that show up in design
view. The person who created the database might have
created some contols, hidden them while deciding if they
should be there, and then just left them. Save the form
with a new name (append OLD to the form name, perhaps),
then delete the controls that do not seem to do anything
useful. You might want to check the events for the form
and for the section (the detail section?) in which the
mystery controls are located to see if the controls are
being rendered invisible by code. Post again if you need
more detailed instruction on how to go about this.
 
Thanks for replying. The switchboard does work as
intended, but my manager wants me to make some changes to
it... which is when I saw the messed up design view. I
did check the properties of the controls shown and they
all say visable. All these controls are used... they are
just used on different forms. I don't know how to check
the properties of the controls not shown. Is it possible
the switchboard table needs to be looked at?
 
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