how do i change a form's back color/style?

[Jess]

Hey guys, heres my problem. Ive got a couple of forms whose background i cant
change...ive tried using the form's property sheet, it doesent seem to
change.And,its strange because i managed to change the color on some forms
but just cant on some others.Been trying to figure it out all day.Help!

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

Hey guys, heres my problem. Ive got a couple of forms whose
background i cant change...ive tried using the form's property sheet,
it doesent seem to change.And,its strange because i managed to change
the color on some forms but just cant on some others.Been trying to
figure it out all day.Help!

Look on the property sheet for the form's Detail section (and its Form
Header and Form Footer sections, if you use them), not the form itself.

 

[Robert Blair via AccessMonster.com]

I've had the same problem. When I created one of my forms (which is now a
sub form), I used the Form Wizard and applied a theme to the form. I
decided to design the balance of the database without the theme and now I'm
having trouble deleting the background on the sub form - it's retaining the
original theme for backgrounds, fonts, etc.

I'm beginning to think I'm going to have to delete the form and re-create
it without the theme.

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

I've had the same problem. When I created one of my forms (which is
now a sub form), I used the Form Wizard and applied a theme to the
form. I decided to design the balance of the database without the
theme and now I'm having trouble deleting the background on the sub
form - it's retaining the original theme for backgrounds, fonts, etc.

I'm beginning to think I'm going to have to delete the form and
re-create it without the theme.

That shouldn't be necessary. If your form has a background picture, you
can remove it by clearing the form's Picture property. Fonts and other
common formatting properties can be set en masse for existing controls
by selecting all the controls at once, opening the combined property
sheet, and changing or entering those properties you want the controls
to share. And when you have a control set up with the properties you
want, you can select it and click Format -> Set Control Defaults to make
new controls of that type on that form match that control's properties.

 

[Steven Greenberg]

Hey guys, heres my problem. Ive got a couple of forms whose background
i cant change...ive tried using the form's property sheet, it doesent
seem to change.And,its strange because i managed to change the color
on some forms but just cant on some others.Been trying to figure it
out all day.Help!

Your question has been answered several times already. have you been
reading the newsgroup? you don't change the "form's" background, you change
the individual sections such as the headers and details sections.