Form won't open

[mpaulbattle]

I have a user that on her computer when she clicks to open a specific form, it does not open. All the other forms open without any issues. I have tested on other computers and the form opens fine.

Any ideas to why it doesn't work on her computer?

 

[mpaulbattle]

it works fine if she logs into a different computer. unfortunately, the company we work for has a computer assigned to us.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

By any chance she has 2 monitors and it's hiding on the one you're not looking at?

 

[deletedT]

Once I had the same problem and as Micron has suggested, for some reasons the form was off screen. Try to move it to 0,0 and see if it solves the problem.

On her PC, double click and open the mentioned form. Without clicking anywhere, hit ALT+F11 and in vba's immediate window check the left and top of form:

?Screen.ActiveForm.WindowLeft
?Screen.ActiveForm.Windowtop

If the form is off screen move it to 0,0 position:

Screen.ActiveForm.Move 0,0

 

[deletedT]

Once I had the same problem and as Micron has suggested, for some reasons the form was off screen. Try to move it to 0,0 and see if it solves the problem.

On her PC, double click and open the mentioned form. Without clicking anywhere, hit ALT+F11 and in vba's immediate window check the left and top of form:

?Screen.ActiveForm.WindowLeft
?Screen.ActiveForm.Windowtop

If the form is off screen move it to 0,0 position:

Screen.ActiveForm.Move 0,0

 

[The_Doc_Man]

mpaulbattle:

If you have the means to do so, create an event table in your database. It needs an autonumber, a date/time field, and a short text field with at least a little bit of room to hold a message. I used 80-100 character field size in the past, depending on what I expected to say.

In that form's _Load, _Open, and _Current routines, execute something like this:

CurrentDB.Execute "INSERT INTO logtable (LogTime, LogEvent) Values (Now(), 'Checkpoint 1'", dbFailOnError

Use anything you want for the checkpoint name, I just made one up. Since I didn't store anything for the Autonumber, Access will store something for you. You would be able to see the events in strict chronological order that way, and get a feel for timing.

Make each such SQL insertion us a different checkpoint name. The point is to see whether the form opens AT ALL or whether it never even tries to open. If you already have such a facility in your app, use it to catch the events of that form being opened.

 

[mpaulbattle]

By any chance she has 2 monitors and it's hiding on the one you're not looking at?

She does have two screens but I didn't see it on either one. I may check to see if she has her laptop as a third screen.

 

[mpaulbattle]

Once I had the same problem and as Micron has suggested, for some reasons the form was off screen. Try to move it to 0,0 and see if it solves the problem.

On her PC, double click and open the mentioned form. Without clicking anywhere, hit ALT+F11 and in vba's immediate window check the left and top of form:

?Screen.ActiveForm.WindowLeft
?Screen.ActiveForm.Windowtop

If the form is off screen move it to 0,0 position:

Screen.ActiveForm.Move 0,0

I will try this.

 

[mpaulbattle]

Thank you Micron. The form was opening to her laptop screen which was closed. Issue resolved.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

Not exactly what I expected but close enough!
Glad I could help.