Tab control issue (Access 2000 vs 2003?)

[aklein]

I have 2 forms:

FormA
FormB

FormA contains a tab control and seems to be functioning properly.
The user can see all tab pages and can click on each page. On one
page there is a button that opens up FormB.

FormB contains a single tab control with 2 pages. Each page contains
a subform that initially has no data (ie: the user can just add
rows).

The problem: When the user clicks on the button on FormA to open
FormB, FormB opens but the tab is not visible. Not the tab, nor any
of the pages. I have looked at the properties of this tab to compare
it to the one that the user CAN see on FormA, but do not see any
differences. There is no code on FormB (except for a button that when
clicked, refreshes the subforms on the two pages).

To make matters worse, I am running XP with Access 2002 and my user is
running XP with Access 2003.

The original database was in Access 2000, but I converted it to 2002
in an attempt to perhaps resolve this issue.

Is this a version compatibility issue?

Any ideas would be appreciated!
Aliza

 

[boblarson]

If your user is using Access 2003 with Service Pack 3 then that could be
causing them the problem. If they do have Office 2003 Service Pack 3
installed, then they need to install the Access Post SP3 Hotfix:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674


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Bob Larson
Access World Forums Administrator

Tutorials at http://www.btabdevelopment.com

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[aklein]

Thanks for the suggestion....

It turns out the user was opening the database from the email
attachment directly (as she was just trying to test some new
functionality) rather than saving the MDB and opening it from the hard
drive.

Don't know WHY opening the file that way would cause that inconsistent
behavior (ie: the tab worked on one form, but not the other), but the
issue seems to be resolved.

I will look into the service pack issue anyway to make sure all is up
to date.

Thanks again for the reply!
Aliza