ACC97: Tab Control Inserted on Another Tab Control Remains on Top

ID: Q180755

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SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

When you place a tab control on any page of another tab control, and then view the form in Form view, the embedded tab control is visible from any page of the main tab control.


RESOLUTION

The following example demonstrates how to use an event procedure that sets the Visible property of the embedded tab control to True only when a particular page has been selected.

  1. Follow steps 1 through 10 in the "Steps to Reproduce Behavior" section later in this article.


  2. Open the form in Design view.


  3. In the Object list (the drop-down list on the far left of the Formatting toolbar), click TabControlMain.


  4. Right-click TabControlMain, and then click Properties.


  5. Click the Event tab, and then click the OnChange property box.


  6. Click the Build button (...) to the right of the OnChange property box.


  7. In the Choose Builder dialog box, click Code Builder, and then click OK.


  8. Set the OnChange property to the following event procedure: 
    
       Private Sub TabControlMain_Change()
          If TabControlMain.Value = 1 Then
             TabControlEmbedded.Visible = True
          Else
             TabControlEmbedded.Visible = False
          End If
       End Sub


  9. On the View menu, click Form view.


  10. Click Page 1 of TabControlMain, and then click Page 2. Note that TabControlEmbedded is visible only on Page 2.


NOTE: The Value property of a tab control contains the index number of the current Page object. There is one Page object for each tab in a tab control. The first Page object always has an index number of 0, the second has an index number of 1, and so on.


STATUS

This behavior is by design.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior


  1. Start Microsoft Access and open any database.


  2. In the Database window, click the Forms tab, and then click New.


  3. In the New Form dialog box, click Design view, and then click OK to create a form that is not based on any table or query.


  4. On the View menu, click Toolbox if the toolbox is not already visible; click the Tab Control button on the Toolbox toolbar, and then create a tab control in the detail section of the form.


  5. On the View menu, click Properties; set the control's Name property to TabControlMain.


  6. Click Page 2 of TabControlMain.


  7. Create another tab control on Page 2 of TabControlMain.


  8. On the View menu, click Properties; set the Name property of the tab control to TabControlEmbedded.


  9. On the View menu, click Form view.


  10. Click Page 1 of TabControlMain, and then click Page 2. Note that TabControlEmbedded is visible on both pages.



REFERENCES

For more information about tab controls, search the Help Index for "tab controls," or ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: prb multiple pages 


Keywords          : IntpCstm 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 29, 1999