Blinking tab control

[BruceM]

I have noticed that tab controls blink (or flicker, or something) when I
navigate from one record to another. This happens whether I use custom
navigation buttons (in particular, Lebans navigation buttons subform that
allows Auto Repeat for the Next and Previous command buttons) or the
built-in buttons. It may be a little more pronounced with the custom
buttons, but I'm not sure. In any case it is irritating. It is not the
problem with unassociated labels flickering when moving the mouse over the
form. I have been searching for a cure, but have not been able to find
anything, perhaps because I have not happened upon the wording used to
describe the phenomenon, or perhaps because nothing can be done about it.
Is there a way to stop the blinking?

 

[Daniel Pineault]

Bruce

Please post back any fixes you find as I have been experiencing the same
issue and haven't found a fix yet. I will do the same should I come across
something useful.

Thank you,

Daniel Pineault

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I know you mentioned that "it is not the problem with unassociated labels",
but have you seen what Allen Browne has at
http://www.allenbrowne.com/ser-46.html ?

 

[BruceM]

Thanks for the reply. That was the article I had in mind when I said it is
not the unassociated labels problem. I checked the article because I
remembered it had to do with tab controls and flickering, but the article
states that the problem occurs when Windows XP Themes are active (they are
not in my case), and only when passing the mouse over the tab control (which
is not a problem). Also, the article states the problem was fixed with SP3,
which I have.

The problem occurs only when I navigate to another record. My guess is that
the screen is redrawing, and that this takes more time when a form has a tab
control than when it does not.