Nested Tabbed controls

[davesmith202]

Can you do nested tabbed controls in either Access 2000 or 2003?

Dave

 

[georgedwilkinson]

You definitely can in 2003. I'm moderately sure you can in 2000. What happens when you try it?

 

[davesmith202]

Well currently the file is in Access 2000 format but I am modifying it in Access 2003 format. When I try add the tabbed control to my tabbed control (!) it just appears over the top of the whole original tabbed control. So I tried to cut and paste it in. Still no joy.

 

[georgedwilkinson]

OK, you have to do a work-around. See this article from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA012300491033.aspx

Nesting a tab control within a tab

The one form control that can not be placed directly on a tab page is another tab control. But if you really need a tab control within a tab control, you can achieve this effect by using a subform. Create a new form containing the "inner" tab control, and use that form as a subform on a page of the "outer" tab control. To achieve this effect, the Scroll Bars property of the new form has been set to Neither, and the Record Selectors, Navigation Buttons, and Dividing Lines properties have been set to No. The Border Style property of the subform control used to contain this new form within the Employees form has been set to Transparent.

 

[davesmith202]

Nice find George. Question: can I avoid having to do that by just converting the file from Access 2000 to Access 2003?

 

[georgedwilkinson]

No, every version of Access I've worked with will require this. I have done it many times. It only take a couple of minutes, once you get the hang of it.