Annoying bug creating a new form in 2007

[TheTerminator]

I have noted the following bug in Access 2007 when creading and saving a new form. It trips me up every time

1. Create a new form.
2. Set various properties for the form.
3. Set Caption property in properties box. (at this stage the form is un-saved)
4. Save the form and the Caption property is changed to the form name.
5. You then have to set the Caption property and save again.

Does this bug still exist in 2010?

 

[vbaInet]

I'll test it on my end. How are you creating the form? Using the wizard, by clicking the 'Form' button which automatically creates a form, or a blank form?

 

[TheTerminator]

I'll test it on my end. How are you creating the form? Using the wizard, by clicking the 'Form' button which automatically creates a form, or a blank form?

Using form Design to create a blank form. I prefer to have forms of standard appearance so never use the wizards.

This only happens after the initial first save (where you are prompted to supply a name for the form). After the first save, subsequent saves leave the form caption intact.

This is not a 'disabling' problem, just an annoying one. If I forget about it then I may not notice until later and then notice that a form opens with a caption like 'fClients'.

 

[vbaInet]

Yep, just tried it in 2007 and 2010 and it behaves like you describe.

 

[TheTerminator]

Interesting, it's still there in 2010. I wonder if that means that no one has ever reported this bug to Microsoft?

I haven't seen 2010 yet.

As I said, not a disabling problem, if you remain aware of it. Just a pain in the .......

 

[vbaInet]

Maybe they don't even see it as a problem. Might be worth reporting to MS.