I don't think so. Perhaps you didn't notice my explanation
I read that, and it doesn't support your argument:
You mention renaming the page objects and not
finding third objects.
Perhaps you meant that you had renamed the subform
controls and could not find the page objects?
I'm glad that you have found the subform control
properties, and I'm certain that eventually you
will sort out the nomenclature
BTW, subforms are quite slow. I never have a default
subform in a tabbed page unless the page is visible.
I load the subform in the subform control only when
the page becomes visible. Actually, in many places
I place a single subform control /below/ the tabbed
pages, and load a different form into the control
for each page. It's a bit fiddly to get the layout
correct for a single subform control beneath a tab
control, but it does look ok after some effort.
(david)
Laurel said:
You seem to have some confusion between your tab pages and your
subform controls and your forms?
No, I don't think so. Perhaps you didn't notice my explanation embedded
in
the
thread. It seems that my system is behaving differently than it should.
I've found a work-around by using the menu at the top to get at the
properties wndow for he control.
No, I don't have them named the same. I read a really excellent
article
yesterday by Roger Carlson about why subforms can be confusing. Once I
bumped into this problem, I carefully named the pages objects ContactPage
and FundPage and left the forms with the Access default names,
frmContacts
and frmFunds. I've looked carefully at the list of objects in the menu
dropdown. There simply aren't any third objects associated with the
two
tabpages that each have a sub-form on them.
david epsom dot com dot au said:
You seem to have some confusion between your tab pages and your
subform controls and your forms?
pages should be called page
subform controls should be called sbfxxxxxx
forms should be called .....
From your description, it appears that in the list of controls
you can see your page controls and your subform controls. The
subform controls have the same names as the subforms.
BTW, if you open the subform in design view FIRST, then open
the main form in design view, you don't get the subform stuck
inside the subform control.
(david)
No, I don't have them named the same. I read a really excellent
article
yesterday by Roger Carlson about why subforms can be confusing. Once I
bumped into this problem, I carefully named the pages objects ContactPage
and FundPage and left the forms with the Access default names,
frmContacts
and frmFunds. I've looked carefully at the list of objects in the menu
dropdown. There simply aren't any third objects associated with the
two
tabpages that each have a sub-form on them.
Again, I'm beginning to suspect some corruption here. Do you think
it's
time to start over?
I will wait til I get a response to this notion that single-clicking on
anything will bring up properties instead of selecting the thing. There's
some missing info or bad communication going on here somewhere.
Thanks for taking time with this!
Laurel wrote:
I have a form with 4 tabpages. I have subforms on two of those
tabpages. I successfully linked one of those subforms with the
master by doing something with the mouse that got me to a property
list where the "data" tabpage included "master link" and "child
link" (I THINK it was 'master'... might have been 'parent'.)
My problem is that I don't know exactly what I did (right
mouse/properties somewhere - just don't know where). Now I can't
link the second subform to the master because I can't get at that
particular property list.
I know I'm not imagining that I did it succesfully once. The first
subform is in synch with the records on the master form. The second
is not.
Someone suggested that I can see all of the controls in the dropdown
in the menu. I see tabpages and subforms, but I don't see subforms
CONTROLS[snip]
You likely have your subform controls named the same as the forms within
them (which is typical). What you see in the list are the controls as
the
forms within the subform controls are never shown in that list.
