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March 12th, 2010, 01:50 AM
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Colour change
I have a form with numerous drop down boxes(combo box) whose background
colour is white. When entering data in the fields and then using tab (or mouse) to move on to the next fields, the box turns dark blue, making the entry content unreadable. The "format" of the boxes remains unaltered when I look at the design view, and if I go back a record and then forward again the blue disappears ! Can anyone shed any light on this problem please Thanks 
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March 12th, 2010, 02:54 AM
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You didn't say what version of Access this is, but if you are using A2007,
it may be a known bug. Firstly ensure you have Service Pack 2 applied. Click Office Button | Access Options | Resources. Under 'About Microsoft Access...', you should see "SP2" after the version. If not, download it from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en If the problem persists after that, download this hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974995 You will notice that hotfix is designed to address this issue. If you can't do that for some reason, you may be able to work around the issue by setting the AlternateBackColor property of the form's (Detail?) section to something else. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "FloodEbb" wrote in message ... I have a form with numerous drop down boxes(combo box) whose background colour is white. When entering data in the fields and then using tab (or mouse) to move on to the next fields, the box turns dark blue, making the entry content unreadable. The "format" of the boxes remains unaltered when I look at the design view, and if I go back a record and then forward again the blue disappears ! Can anyone shed any light on this problem please Thanks
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March 12th, 2010, 02:01 PM
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You guessed right Allen, it is A2007 that I am using. Thanks very much I used
the hotfix and it has solved the problem. Thanks also for the very speedy response - Brilliant all round "Allen Browne" wrote: You didn't say what version of Access this is, but if you are using A2007, it may be a known bug. Firstly ensure you have Service Pack 2 applied. Click Office Button | Access Options | Resources. Under 'About Microsoft Access...', you should see "SP2" after the version. If not, download it from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en If the problem persists after that, download this hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974995 You will notice that hotfix is designed to address this issue. If you can't do that for some reason, you may be able to work around the issue by setting the AlternateBackColor property of the form's (Detail?) section to something else. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "FloodEbb" wrote in message ... I have a form with numerous drop down boxes(combo box) whose background colour is white. When entering data in the fields and then using tab (or mouse) to move on to the next fields, the box turns dark blue, making the entry content unreadable. The "format" of the boxes remains unaltered when I look at the design view, and if I go back a record and then forward again the blue disappears ! Can anyone shed any light on this problem please Thanks .
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