ACC2000: Can't Change Form Properties In Open Form When Modal Property is Set to Yes

ID: Q225858

The information in this article applies to:
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).


SYMPTOMS

If you set the Modal property of a form to Yes in Form view of a form, you cannot change any other properties of the form or back out of changing the Modal property to Yes.


CAUSE

When a form becomes modal, it will not allow you to select anything else that is open, including its property sheet.


RESOLUTION

Change the form to Design view.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open the sample Access database file Northwind.mdb or the sample Access project file NorthwindCS.adp.


  2. Open a new form in Design view.


  3. View the form in Form view.


  4. View the properties of the form.


  5. On the Other tab, set the Modal property to Yes.


Note that you can no longer change any properties of the form, including the Modal property.


REFERENCES

For additional information about viewing the properties of a form in Form view of a form, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q222455 ACC2000: Properties Dialog Box Can Be Opened In Form View

Additional query words: pra 


Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999