Form Object Order

[desibasha]

HELP!!!!!!Please

I am having a problem. My form keeps starting in the middle. When you open it, it's NOT at the top where it should start. It is displayed in the middle. So, when you open it, the scroll bar is not at the very top. It's down in the middle thus the form is too.

Can someone please tell me how to fix it that it opens from the top of the scroll bar?
Thanks!

 

[jfgambit]

Look at your Tab Order. VIEW>TAB ORDER

What is the first field that is on the list. If it is one from the middle of the form, then you might need to re-order the tab list.

HTH

 

[desibasha]

thanks, but it didnt work. good idea though.

it still for some odd reasons displays the objects inside the form in below the top of the page. The scroll bar is still starting in the middle instead of at the very top.

 

[ehdoh]

Do you have this form opening automatically upon startup? I have had similar problems when trying to direct a form to open upon startup. The solution has only come for me when I play with the form by saving it in the position I wish to open it in. Access is very testy about this, but eventually I get it to work.

 

[jfgambit]

Do you have the Auto Center Property of the form set to YES?

 

[missinglinq]

Access is pretty consistent in that it usually does exactly what the programmer has told it to. The problem is that almost no programmer knows all of Access' rules. I expect that what has happened is that you have told Access to open the form here, inadverdently! To position a form in the location you desire on opening you must:

1) AutoCenter must be set to No
2) In design view move form to the desired position
3) Click on Save
4) Close form without doing anything else


I suspect that you were working on the form in design view (maybe adding or repositioning a control in the middle of the form) and when you were finished you saved your work, thus positioning the form to open in the middle. Try the above proceedure to reposition it.

Hope this helps.

The Missinglinq

 

[desibasha]

thanks i got it to work