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I'm working with a 2 page form. The front page shows current information on
a meeting and is view only. The second page is used to enter future
information relavant to the meeting selected on the front page. Is it
possible to highlight to the user that there is data held in page 2 without
them having to look for it? I think I can do it with a message box, but I
don't want the user to have to close numerous boxes when scrolling through
the records (there can be up to 4000 records in the dbase), so I'm wondering
if I can highlight the page tab somehow?
 
Put a label on the front "page" that is visible or red if dcount or
whatever indicates that records / information would show on the second
page. Be sure to use the else so that it is not visible or not red if
nothing is on the second page.
 
Calmo,

The tab control doesn't have any formatting properties to set, but you could
set its Caption or Visible property in the OnCurrent event, or, alternatively
the Visible property of a textbox on the first page that has the message and
formatting you like.

If Not IsNull(Me![YourFurtherInformationControl]) Then
' Change 2nd page caption
Me![Page2].Caption = "Info Available"
Else
Me![Page2].Caption = "YourDefaultCaption"
End If

Other Options in lieu of setting the caption property:

Me![Page2].Visible = True
Me![AHighlightedTextboxWithVisibleEqualFalse].Visible = True

Hope that helps.
Sprinks
 
What do you mean by "data held?"
If they are tabbing through the form, you can use the OnGotFocus to open a
small form that provides the info you want to convey and use the OnTimer
event to close it automatically. This form should be a Pop Up.
 
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