Why does my multipage form jump?

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Melissa

Why does my multipage form jump?
This happens when I press a tab on page 3 of the multipage.
(Page 3 has a tabbed page.)
The form then jumps and displays bottom half of one page
and top half of next???

Melissa
 
Melissa,
Access is probably trying to move the cursor to a field that lies outside
the present screen, and moves the whole form in order to display that
field... but not by a full screen. If halfway between forms is just enough
to show that field, so be it. Without seeing the form, it's pretty hard to
say for sure.

But... I avoid "multi-page" forms like the plague. I use multiple Tabs
to display large amounts of data. They're made to display large amounts of
data in one area on a form. Users prefer the visually stable Tabs to
"jumping up/down/left/right"

Your problem is just one of many such annoyances you'll run into (and
have to code around) with multi page forms.

I recommend using Tabs... that's what they're there for.
hth
Al Camp
 
Thanks Al.
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Melissa,
Access is probably trying to move the cursor to a field that lies outside
the present screen, and moves the whole form in order to display that
field... but not by a full screen. If halfway between forms is just enough
to show that field, so be it. Without seeing the form, it's pretty hard to
say for sure.

But... I avoid "multi-page" forms like the plague. I use multiple Tabs
to display large amounts of data. They're made to display large amounts of
data in one area on a form. Users prefer the visually stable Tabs to
"jumping up/down/left/right"

Your problem is just one of many such annoyances you'll run into (and
have to code around) with multi page forms.

I recommend using Tabs... that's what they're there for.
hth
Al Camp




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