Flickering Controls On A Form -Access 2003
Jan 6, 2008
Hi All,
I am learning heaps and constantly wrestling with access, this is a good thing. However at the moment i recently added tabs to my form to restructure the appearance and content and thus far i am happy and its working fine. Except that moving the mouse cursor accross the from causes controls and textboxes to flicker / refresh. I find this annoying and given all the effort going into the presentation of the application i have done.
Is there anyway to eleviate this, is there something i have done wrong perhaps.
I wish to host various controls and inputs from other tables on the other tabs. Will this complicate things or should 1 form with its Tab controls be particular to 1 table........ or can / should a form serve as an input or display to several tables? Is this a bad database practice?
thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide.
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Aug 12, 2014
Is there a way to stop the controls from flickering when the timerevent fires?
What doesn't work:
Code:
Application.Echo False
Docmd.Echo False
TimerEvent on the current form
TimerEvent on a different form
Using Windows API:
Code:
Private Declare Function SetTimer Lib "user32" etc
Private Declare Function KillTimer Lib "user32" etc
Each of these events flicker the controls on my forms. The effect is worse when the form background contains a picture.
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Nov 7, 2006
Hi,
I used a tab control in a form. However, when I move the mouse over the form, the form flickers.
Has anyone ever experienced the same problem?
Thank you,
B
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:confused: i am using MS Access 2003 on WinXP. i have attached my sample database. when viewed in form view, notice that the form will flicker on mouse over. why is this happening? is there a solution to solve this annoying problem? please explain in details how i can solve this problem as i am new to access. thanx in advance :)
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Jun 10, 2005
Hi
I am using the following Code on the OnCurrent Event of my form. The Problem is , in Access XP or 2000 it works Great but in Access 2003 it starts flickering, unless we bring the cursor to any field of the subform
Private Sub Form_Current()
On Error GoTo Err_Form_Current
If Me.RecordsetClone.RecordCount > 1 Then
Me.ScrollBars = 3
Else
Me.ScrollBars = 0
End If
Exit_Form_Current:
Exit Sub
Err_Form_Current:
MsgBox err.Description
Resume Exit_Form_Current
End Sub
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Jul 6, 2006
Hello... again...
I'm having a problem with what looks like a form refresh.
My form has a single drop down box, when that's updated, the whole form is visable and resized etc.
Depending on the criteria in the dropdown box, up to 20 text boxes are updated using a DLookUp.
Everytime something is done (like ticking a checkbox or pressing a button) in the form, the 20 text boxes blink, and it's really... really... REALLY annoying me and my colleagues!
I've tried converting them to labels and using code to update them, but that didn't seem to do the trick.
I could put the info in the query where the form gets its data, but the form is for data entry, which i cannot do with a linked query.
Any help or suggestions would be superb!
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I'm supporting some Access/VBA code which includes the following behavior:
When an update is made in a (linked) child form, the current date/time is written to a textbox on the main form via
Me.Parent!txtMod = Now
Likewise, the BeforeUpdate event of the main form updates the same field (and then does a bunch of form validity checks, possibly followed by a Save).
When we upgraded to Access 2003 from Access 2000, a problem erupted:
When the user returns to the main form (by clicking on any control outside the subform), the following message is issued: "This record has been changed by another user since you started editing it (etc.)..."
At this point the user must choose between "Save Record", "Copy to Clipboard" and "Drop Changes".
Conceptually, I see why this is happening (though I wonder why Access 2000 didn't flag it). The subform is the "other user". When the main form is returned to, it is "Dirty" (unsaved update), so the main form's BeforeUpdate event fires, and attempts to update the field again (Me.txtMod = Now). Since there is a pending change to the field, an error dialog pops up.
As a quick fix, I replaced the code in the subform with a flag ("Hey, I've been updated!"), which the main form checks on the Exit event of the subform control. But that seems a horrible solution. Surely there's a better way?
Notes:
1. It would be preferable to have the timestamp updated right away by the subform, though having it updated when the subform loses focus is better than nothing.
2. Since a subform is a control from the main form's perspective, I'm surprised that a change to that control doesn't render the main form "Dirty". I guess from a database standpoint it makes sense (the form's table isn't getting updated at all; just the subform's). But then, how does the main form know that the subform has been updated?
3. I tried catching the error via Form_Error. I can make the dialog not appear via "Response = acDataErrContinue", but unfortunately it defaults to dropping the changes (old and new), rather than saving the new.
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Hello,
I have installed Microsoft Access 2003 and Microsoft Access 2003 Developer Extensions. I can create Access application by using the Package Wizard.
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How can I do to solve this?
Thanks.
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On Error GoTo Err_Command151_Click
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[Code] .....
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Hi
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Hi,
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I have an Access DB that I created in Access XP. It works perfectly when used in Access XP. When used in an Access 2003 environment some of the functions don't work anymore. I have users who use Office XP and users who use Office 2003. Does anybody know how to make this DB work in Access 2003 without having to do wholesale code changes?
I have already changed the security to "Low" to bypass the security feature built in in Jet 4.0 but it didn't help. I might have to uninstall Windows XP SP2 to make it work because I know that the application works in an Office 2003 environment with Windows XP SP1 only. But I'm trying to avoid having to uninstall XP SP2 because it's a pain. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
My workstation environment is as follows:
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Hi,
I've created a database in access 2003 with the default file format being Access 2000. Everything works fine on my computer and many others, all of whom are running different versions of access (2000, 2002 & 2003).
I have not had any problems with this database until recently and in the last few weeks we have had 2 users, both of them being Access 2000 users who have had the same problem.
The problem they are having is that when they click on any of the switchboard items, the buttons depress an then come back up again when the cursor is moved away, but nothing else happens - no action, no error message - nothing!!! Its the same for all of the buttons on the switchboard.
Does anyone know what is causing this? I have another computer with Access 2000 on it and this works fine, as it does on several other computers runiing Access 2000, I just cannot understand why it is not working on these 2 particular machine.......
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