Font getting darker

[Jon Henry]

HI,

I have a form in my db that every time I change records, some of the label characters get darker eventually to where they look blurry. Anyone see this before?

Jon Henry

 

[missinglinq]

My daddy always told me if I kept changing records too much I'd start going blind!

So I just did it until I needed glasses!

;0)>

 

[georgedwilkinson]

Changing records does not make the screen get blurry. Video problems could do that, though.

 

[Jon Henry]

Its not a video problem. I tested on two other pc's with the same result. I put a copy here to see what Im talking about. Its under TestDB.

http://www.lancer3.com/dwnlds.htm

The view contracts screen is where the problem is. Only certain labels under Payment Details do it. Changing records makes them darker(like becoming bolder). Going back to Main and coming back makes them normal again until I change records.

 

[georgedwilkinson]

It doesn't do it for me. I also looked through your code for anything that might make the fonts look different, disabling controls, etc. I didn't see anything unusual.

What version of Access are you using? Can you provide a screen shot displaying the behavior?

 

[boblarson]

It did it for me and I've been trying various font changes to see if that helps. I did notice that occasionally, if I move my mouse over it, it will reset back. It is a strange sight indeed and one I've never seen happen before.

 

[Jon Henry]

Thanks for the lookout George. Ive posted two screenshots on my dwnlds page, one normal and one after switching records and coming back.

http://www.lancer3.com/dwnlds.htm

Im using Vista also, every machine I have here to test at the moment is Vista. Im using Access 2003.

 

[georgedwilkinson]

I caught it finally in my environment (Vista/2007). It only does it for Avg. Lot Size, Base Payment Per Lot, and Add'l Pyment per Lot. In my environment, those 3 fields become bold on got focus and go back to normal on lost focus.

I, like Bob, am completely befuddled by this. I've never seen anything like this.

There are no Macros running and no VBA that does this. It just does it.

I thought it might have something to do with the fields being "transparent"...nope, still does it (only those 3 fields and only on got/lost focus).

Question is, is this a Vista thing or a 2007 thing? There seems to be nothing wrong with your design to cause this.

I'm gonna keep playing with it to see if I can figure it out. Let us know what you find as this is very distracting to me.

 

[georgedwilkinson]

AHA! I changed the background to white and it stopped doing it!

 

[Jon Henry]

Sorry George, I see what you mean with those three fields going bold on afcus as mine does also but my problem is with the rest of the fields. They go bold on switching records. Did you take a look at the screenshots, the three fields you mentioned are the only ones that stay normal for me.

 

[Jon Henry]

Some progress. If I move the option group box off of those labels, all but the three checkboxes stay normal during switching.

 

[missinglinq]

I think it would be be a good idea to answer George's question! What version/service pack of Access are you using? Also, what OS?

I'm running v2003/SP2 with "Use Windows Themes" checked, running under Windows XP using Windows Classic Style, and like George, it doesn't happen for me.

What are you running, Bob, when the aberration does occur?

 

[georgedwilkinson]

I've done a lot of experimentation and have a hypothesis.

I'm guessing this is related to the video card/driver. I have an NVIDIA GE Force 8600 GTS, which is a pretty high end card. I have tried a number of backgrounds very different from your original background and as close to it as I could get and cannot get it to happen except with the original background.

I get this behavior only when using a background of #FFCC00...#FFCC01 and #FFCB00 do not cause any problems. You might want to see what a minor change to your color scheme does to affect this.

 

[georgedwilkinson]

Some progress. If I move the option group box off of those labels, all but the three checkboxes stay normal during switching.

Oh, I was gonna mention that. The problem only seems to happen inside the option group frame. Also, only seems to happen with Times New Roman.

 

[Jon Henry]

I did answer Vista/Access 2003 SP3(didnt list the sp though, sorry)

I have made some headway. It seems it has something to do with the options group box. When I moved the box, all the labels stayed normal. The checkboxes however dont. I was only using the options group box to make a nice pretty border. Ive deleted the box and made my border with lines and a label now and all is well except for the checkboxes. They still go bolder on switching records.

For the record, Im a self-taught beginner, this is my first access project that will have more than 10 records. I appreciate all the help and very quick responses from you guys.

Jon

 

[georgedwilkinson]

This isn't a typical Access problem. Thank you for sharing it with us.

 

[Jon Henry]

I tried changing BG colors with no luck. I also tried changing fonts again with no luck.

Dont think tihs makes a diifference but my Vista is 64 bit.

I dont see that it would be a hardware problem, I run two( two monitors makes it so much easier to work) Nvidia NX7600GS cards on an asus dual sli mb with 3 gb of memory.

 

[boblarson]

I think it would be be a good idea to answer George's question! What version/service pack of Access are you using? Also, what OS?

I'm running v2003/SP2 with "Use Windows Themes" checked, running under Windows XP using Windows Classic Style, and like George, it doesn't happen for me.

What are you running, Bob, when the aberration does occur?

I'm running XP SP2, Mobile Intel 945GM Graphics (laptop), 1 Gb RAM.

I would have tried it on my Vista machine too, but I'm in the middle of reinstalling Windows on it.

It also happened for me with all font styles I tried, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Arial. But, as I said, I could just move my mouse over it after waiting about 2 seconds after changing records and it would reset.

 

[Catalina]

I had the same problem.
I did some research on the Internet and came up with this:

http://ewbi.blogs.com/develops/2003/10/access_cleartyp.html

I set the label background to Normal and now the problem is gone.

Catalina

 

[Vad]

I realise this is a very old thread (sorry for digging it up) but it comes up when googling the problem. I just got the same problem today with 2010 Version: 14.0.7153.5000 (64 bit). I get the problem when access creates the text boxes within an Option group (via the wizard you use to create option groups). It only happens if I set the text to a transparent background.

It seems like access is overlaying a new copy of the transparent text over the top of itself every time you change record, which gradually makes the text dark and more blurry.

I was able to work around the problem by deleting all the automatically created text boxes within my option group, then replacing them with text boxes I created. After doing that I could set the background to transparent and link the text boxes back to the control without getting the problem.

(Just FYI if anyone else googles this in the future)