Access 2010 rectangle issues

[RichO]

Hey all, please see the attached Access 2010 database.

Notice how in the form, the 4 rectangles are a border width of hairline, 1pt, 2pt and 3pt respectively, but the first 3 look identical and the borders almost look gray even though black is the color.

However, when drawing lines, you can see while hairline and 1pt look the same, it still looks much more pronounced than the rectangle border, and there is a difference between 1pt, 2pt and 3pt lines.

Is this a bug in Access 2010 or does anyone know a way around it short of making a rectangle out of 4 lines?

Thanks

 

[GinaWhipp]

Hmm, never noticed that but never tried to make a rectangle out of 4 lines when in fact there is a rectangle shape you can use. So, while it might be considered a bug why not just use the shape? Because it's not most likely to ever get fixed.

 

[RichO]

Perhaps you misunderstood my explanation of the problem. The problem actually IS with the rectangle shape. I am finding that the only solution to the problem is to make a rectangle using 4 lines. If you look at the sample I had attached you will see what I mean.

 

[GinaWhipp]

Yep, you're right... I got that backwards. You want to use the rectangle but it's misbehaving. Well, then, yep, you're going to have to use the lines because, as I stated, it may be a bug but I'm now pretty sure not going to get fixed in my lifetime... I asked someone but still asking around...

 

[GinaWhipp]

Well, I think I found a work around, at least it worked for me...

Change the Border to any other color, like red or blue, then turn back to black. It then recognizes the Border Width... weird.

 

[RichO]

Well, it seems that all you need to do is change the color to the name "Text Black" and that fixes it. For some reason using hex color #000000 does not turn out right. When I changed the hex color to the closest thing to black without actually being black (#010000) it also worked.

Thanks!

 

[GinaWhipp]

Great minds think alike... so glad it works!

 

[gemma-the-husky]

I have not looked, but what it might be is that until you pick a specific colour, your rectangle follows a "theme". such as you get with other controls.

See if your dbs is set to "windows themed controls", and is so, untick that, and see if it makes a difference

 

[RichO]

See if your dbs is set to "windows themed controls", and is so, untick that, and see if it makes a difference

Yep, that was the problem. Once I unchecked that all of the rectangle properties were like they should be.

Thanks