Subform appears as white box

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Bill

Hi All,

When editing a main form why do the sub forms sometimes appear as a while
box and other times you can see the design view of the sub form?

Would prefer to see the latter view!!

Regards.
Bill.
 
The subform appears as a white box if:
- you already have it open in design view before you open the main form;
- you have multiple instances of the subform open;
- you are using Access 97 or earlier;
- in Access 2003 you have right-clicked the subform control and chosen:
Subform in New Window.

I think most of us prefer the separate view. While Microsoft has not given
us this functionality back, the A2003 option to open in a new window is
straight forward.
 
Bill,

I have seen this also as what I will call a bug with access, All of what
Allen Browne said is correct, however I have opened a form to design view and
got my subform in a white box, the changed back to form view then back to
design and it is there. However I feel the your problem is more likely what
Mr. Brown was pointing to.
 
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