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Gosh, doesn't sound very good. Would like to know then how I can avoid this happening again, I'm not aware that I did anything unusual, I first deleted a control and then drew a new one in the same place.

Ooo. That sounds scary. I really have to do all that? Is this some kind of corrupted file issue then?

(Access 2013) This is strange. I deleted an old text box cell on a form and then I created a Combo Box from the design controls and it worked, but underneath it, the old label of the text box is still there, except now it's just described in the properties as an 'empty cell'. It still has the...

And it worked. Thanks! Out of interest, is the OnLoad action for Form mainly for things like popup boxes then?

That's very helpful, thanks a lot. So I don't need the Form OnLoad bit at all? OnCurrent covers that?

Ahh... OnCurrent is the relevant property for a new record then? Thanks.

I have some code like this that sets some fields up to be disabled when the form loads, then enables them when a combo box ('Type') is selected to 'Instrument'. This works fine as far as it goes, but if the user has selected 'Instrument' and then goes to a new record, the fields remain enabled...

Brilliant, all correct now. Thanks so much for your help, I heard this was a good forum. :D

Gosh you guys are good! :) That worked. My confusion had arisen from the way Access renames fields on the fly when you copy and paste them into a tab control, sigh. I now have a separate problem. Basically I have a combo box called AuCountry which has two possible options, "UK" and "NZ". If...

Hi everyone. My first ever posting. :) I have created a tab control called Localinfo in a form. There is only one page in the tab control called Localinfopage. I copied a textbox field called Town into the tab page. From a combo box in the main parent form, I am attempting to enable a field in...