Form not saving changes

[Michael's Knight]

I have access 2013 windows7 ,
I'm making additions to a database someone else made, and there is a form i need to add some fields to, but it won't let me save any changes. every time i try to save it doesn't do anything and when i try to close it it asks me if i want to save changes (yes) but it just does that over and over again. (And after a few attempts when i finally say "no" there aren't any changes done to it)
any ideas?

 

[RainLover]

A little confusion on my part.

Are we saving the design of the form or are we saving data.

In either case what are you doing to save. Like have you written some code

 

[Michael's Knight]

I'm trying to add text boxes to add data onto a form, but even if i just move a previous text box, it won't allow me to save changes to the form.

 

[RainLover]

So you have a saved form already. Let's call it myForm.

You then add a text Box and then that text box will not save. Correct?

The new text box gets it's data from the same place as the original text boxes.

Until now we have not worried about data.

How much did I get correct?

 

[Michael's Knight]

That is all correct. But even if i don't add a text box, but just adjust the location of a field already in the myform, it will not allow me to save it that way. Its like theres a restriction on altering myform's properties.

 

[RainLover]

I simply don't know and can only make a few guesses which will eventually solve the problem.

I am going to throw a few things in the air. We just might snag something as we go.

Try making the size of the text box bigger and save that. If that works then it proves that you can make alterations to the form. We can then attack that line.

The other thing to do is to create a completely new form and see if you can save that.

This is not much help but as I am not sitting here looking at the code etc. of your Database it becomes an educated guess.

If you can't save (Option 1) then simply create a new blank database. Save and close it.

Reopen it then go into one of your modules. Do a compact and repair.

Now it is back to you. Have a play then reply with the result.

There maybe someone else out there in wonder land that knows the answer.