Flashing Switchboard

[Doctor Kronenbo]

I have a minor but irritating problem with a small database I have created. When my main menu loads up it keeps flashing until all the data has been displayed (its looks up the user name and version number from tables and also displays the date). I've traced the source of the problem to the embedded picture (3.9 mb) I have used as the background to the menu form but I really don't want to remove the picture. Is there any way to stop this flashing and keep the background?

 

[KenHigg]

Loading the image on the local workstation and calling it from there may help...

 

[Doctor Kronenbo]

Yeah, that's how it's setup already.

 

[KenHigg]

3.9 is rather large for a image... Can't you optimize it? You should be able to get about anything you need for a pc display in 40-50k...

 

[Doctor Kronenbo]

whoops sorry mistyped - it's only 3.9 KB!!! It's a JPEG.

 

[KenHigg]

Hum...

You got me. Maybe you could link to it instead of embedding it (?)

 

[Doctor Kronenbo]

yeah tried that too. Same problem. Thanks for replying anyway. All the best.

 

[ghudson]

What about using the Echo() function? Turn echo off in the forms OnOpen event and turn it back on after everyting has loaded.

    'Turns off screen refresh.
    DoCmd.Echo False
 
    'Turns on screen refresh.
    DoCmd.Echo True

 

[Doctor Kronenbo]

Thanks. But still flashes like a Christmas tree.

 

[KenHigg]

Maybe if you assigned the image source in something like the 'On Load' or 'On Activate' event ???

 

[Doctor Kronenbo]

Will give that a go. However the problem seems to lie in the fact that the image is tiling (it's just a small background image with a light blue rock texture). If disable the tiling there's no flashing but obviously the image hust appears whereever you align it. With try creating a larger version of the image so tiling isnt required...

 

[KenHigg]

Are you really a Doctor or should a properly educated individual know who or what 'Kronenbo' means?

 

[Doctor Kronenbo]

It's actually Doctor Kronenbourg. A log in name I use in a few forums. Unfortunately I didn't notice that Access Forums had a limit on the number of letters when I set up my account. And no I'm not a doctor, it's a beer related in-joke.

 

[f_disk]

check your background

Just a thought but are the backgrounds the same color that are starting up.
They maybe causing the flashing effect...
black to white etc. giving the illusion that the screen is flickering...
Just a dumb noob suggestion

 

[Doctor Kronenbo]

Just a thought but are the backgrounds the same color that are starting up.
They maybe causing the flashing effect...
black to white etc. giving the illusion that the screen is flickering...
Just a dumb noob suggestion

I posted this so long ago and I have so many databases on the go I can't remember which one had the problem! But I must have resolved it somehow.
Thanks for replying though!