Access 2007 Bug (Has it been reported)?

jwleonard

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I think I found a bug in 2007; I am wondering if it is new or if it is widely know about and I have been living under a rock. I did a quick search and didn't see anything about it so I am hoping you folks will let me know.

I created a form in 2007 using the wizard and then modified it. For those of you that aren't familiar with 2007 it groups the fields together so changes can be applied to all of them at once and they can be rearranged easily. Sometimes this is a good feature and sometimes it isn't. For instance I haven't found a way to delete a label from it's associated control without deleting both and then re adding it manually. Back to the problem though; This grouping seems to cause problems when the form is edited in 2003 (at work or on my laptop) afterwards. If you move the labels around like to or from the form header and then save the form and close it the next time you attempt to open it you get a not enough memory error. You even get the error in design view and when trying to edit VBA. The only way I have found to get rid of it is to delete the form and start over in 2003 or copy a version before the changes were made and then don't make them again until you are in 2007.

So is this widely known about or is it new?
 
Have you tried ungrouping them in 2007 right after creating them?
 
No I haven't tried that, I'm not even sure how to do that. The only way I have been able to ungroup them is to delete and add them again manually (away from the group). I figured there was another way to do it but don't know how.
 
I found out how to remove the layout (grouping), I will try it when I get done working on the database tonight and see if the problem still occurs. Even if this fixes it there is still an issue here though.
 
Thanks for the tutorial anyway, I'm sure I can use a lot of the other info on your site. I pretty much just jumped right in to 2007; trial by fire. Funny how they hid that button right in plain sight!
 
Even if this fixes it there is still an issue here though.
Well, technically, I'd say maybe because the grouping is a new feature for 2007 and if it does it on mdb files that are set to 2000-2003 compatibility mode it should not do it with those. So, if it does then yes they should not be letting Access utilize a 2007 feature with a 2000-2003 compatible database since those databases do not use 2007 features.

So, anyway I will pass along that info to one of the MS Testers and see what they say about it.
 
I couldn't resist giving it a try and it seems to have worked on the forms I had the problem with. I also did a little more testing and discovered it doesn't happen on every single form. The best I can figure is it has something to do with what is on the form and where it is placed.

Is this actually a new problem that hasn't been reported?
 

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