How to use a tab control in Access 2000

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I have added a tab control to form and configured it for
three tabs.

Question 1. In design view how do I get to a differnt tab
in order to place objects on it?

Question 2. In Form view how do I get the objects that I
placed on the first tab to display. The objects appear to
anchored to the form rather than the tab control.


Thanks
 
With your form in design view, simply select the tab( by clicking
on the page name) you want to place controls on.
 
I have added a tab control to form and configured it for
three tabs.

Question 1. In design view how do I get to a differnt tab
in order to place objects on it?
Click to expand...

Click on the tab (the little tab with the label), not the page's
surface. The entire page should darken indicating that it's been
selected.
Question 2. In Form view how do I get the objects that I
placed on the first tab to display. The objects appear to
anchored to the form rather than the tab control.
Click to expand...

You'll get this effect if you drag the controls - they'll be "in
front" of the tab page, not on it. The best way I've found (imperfect
but it works) is to ctrl-click select all the controls I want on a
page, Ctrl-X to cut them, select the tab as above, and Ctrl-V to paste
them. You can then move them around on the tab page's surface.

Note that you can also right click the tab and bring up a "Tab Order"
dialog which pertains just to the controls on the page, independent of
the Form's tab order.
 
Q1: As John Vinson said, just click on the little tab at the top of the page
to select that page in Design mode.

Q2: When you create the control, drag it from the Toolbox onto the tab
control. The current page of the tab control will turn dark. Release the
control where you want it on the tabbed page and it will stick there. If
this doesn't work for you, there is something wrong with Access or your
database, and you'll need to resolve that first.

John Vinson's cut & paste should work for controls you've already created
and don't want to re-create them. Just cut them off the main form and paste
them onto the tab page where you want them.

John Loewen
 
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