No Sunken Effect

[Racer57]

Access 2003. Created a new form using the Form Wizard and chose all defaults
(selected Standard Style). Used to be when I did this, the data entry fields
in the form would be sunken. Now they are not. I opened a database I created
earlier and the fileds display as Sunken. I compare the properties from the
good form with the properties of the bad form, and they are identical. I.E.
The "bad" form does have Sunken selected as a property.

Any idea why Sunken isn't displaying that way?

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

You probably have themes turned on.

It is a matter of personal pref, but I do like themes on..but you loose the
sunken effect..

Here is a series of screen shots (some side by side) with themes turned on,
and turned off.

Note the screens with sunken fields....

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Atheme/index.htm

The invoice form had some nice "sunken" fields to display totals...and I do
miss that efffect in the above.
However, I like the themed form better...so that is what I use....

You can turn off (or on) themes in your startup code like:

Application.SetOption "Themed Form Controls", True

Or,

tools->options->Forms/reprots
the option "Use windows Themed contorls"

I tend to like the thems on, and here is another serios of screen shots with
themes on..and the software just looks modern.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Articles/Grid.htm


If you don't enable themes, then your software tends to look windows 95, or
even windows 3.1 like....