Disappearing Combobox Text

Just opened up a number of existing databases and found the same problem in
each. It is not possible to see the list of options in a ComboBox although
the list is there. It is as if the fore colour is white and the back colour
is white. If you select one of the options the text then appears in the
control, black text on a white back ground.

As a quick test i have created a new form and inserted a combobox, again the
details of the options is not visible although the selected option text
appears in the control after i make a random selection.

I have checked all the visibility and colour settings with no success. It is
as if it is a setting in Access rather than in the database.

I am using a new laptop with the following version of Access
Access 2003 (11.8166.8174) SP3


Any ideas please

There were some major bugs in SP3, one of which caused the symptoms you're
describing.

Check http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674 for details about a hotfix.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
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Just opened up a number of existing databases and found the same problem
in
each. It is not possible to see the list of options in a ComboBox although
the list is there. It is as if the fore colour is white and the back
colour
is white. If you select one of the options the text then appears in the
control, black text on a white back ground.

As a quick test i have created a new form and inserted a combobox, again
the
details of the options is not visible although the selected option text
appears in the control after i make a random selection.

I have checked all the visibility and colour settings with no success. It
is
as if it is a setting in Access rather than in the database.

I am using a new laptop with the following version of Access
Access 2003 (11.8166.8174) SP3


Any ideas please