form objects not visible

[brucle]

All the objects on a Switchboard form suddenly have become invisible. The form is there, but an image, a title and the tabs are missing. Checking in Design view verifies that they were not inadvertantly deleted. I tried repairing the database- no go. I renamed the form and copied a known good form from my testing database, but to no effect. I went into the startup menu and repointed Display form to the Switchboard- no luck. I renamed the form and repointed the Display to the new name. The form opens, but none of the objects are visible.

I have never seen this before and I am quite stumped. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate the help.

Bruce

 

[RuralGuy]

Strange...what version of Access? If the db is < 2003, can you post it with just the switchboard in it? Does it still fail?

 

[brucle]

fixed!

I found the answer:
For some reason, the form was tied to a query( I don't know why). Since the query relied on input from another form, everything came up blank. I removed the link to the query and all the objects reappeared. Thanks for the suggestion about parking the form in a separate database. That brought up the error message instantly as soon as I tried to open the form.

Bruce

 

[RuralGuy]

Excellent! Glad you got it working.