ACC2000: Removing All Pages from Tab Control Removes the Control

ID: Q200595

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

When you modify a tab control in Microsoft Access, either manually or with Visual Basic for Applications code, if you delete the last page of the tab control, the control itself is also removed from the form.


RESOLUTION

If you programmatically remove all pages from a tab control so that you can rebuild them, after you remove the last page from the control, you can use the CreateControl method to create a new tab control with two pages on it. Then you can set the properties for the new control and manipulate its pages.

For more information about the CreateControl method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "CreateControl, CreateReportControl methods" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.


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CAUTION: Following the steps in this example will modify the sample database Northwind.mdb. You may want to back up the Northwind.mdb file and perform these steps on a copy of the database.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.


  2. Create a new form not based on any table or query in Design view.


  3. Click the Tab Control button on the Toolbox toolbar, and then click in the detail section of the form. A tab control containing two pages appears on the form.


  4. Set the Name property of the tab control to axTabCtl.


  5. Save the form as frmTestTab, but do not close the form.

    Note there are two pages on the tab control.


  6. Create a new module and type the following procedure:


    7. 
Function RemoveTabs(c as TabControl)

   Dim i as Integer
   For i = c.Pages.Count - 1 to 0 Step -1
      c.Pages.Remove
   Next i

End Function
  7. Save the module as basTestTab, and then close it.


  8. Press CTRL+G to open the Immediate window.


  9. Type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:


    10. 
?RemoveTabs(Forms![frmTestTab]![axTabCtl])
  10. On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Access.

    Note that the tab control is no longer on the form.



REFERENCES

For more information about the tab control, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "What is a tab control" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

Additional query words: prb clear 


Keywords          : kbdta FmsOthr 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 6, 1999