The Amazing Disappearing Labels

[Idjit]

I'm having a weird glitch in a subform.

I have a large subform embedded in a full-size form (22" x 22"). I put 6 questions on each form (2 across, 3 down), so that each question has its own screen. In this form, the main form has 2 questions side by side at the top, the subform has 4 questions (2x2) and takes up the lower 2/3 of the main form.

So here's my problem: The form looks fine in design view, but in form view, for the 2 questions on the left side of the subform, the field labels don't show up. The fields themselves, as well as other text boxes and labels not tied to fields show up fine. If I open the subform on its own (i.e., not within the main form), the labels show up fine. If I move the labels to the right side of the screen, they show up fine. Move them back to the left side of the screen, they disappear again. Am I nuts??

I've checked all of the properties for the variables and the labels, and everything is fine there. The labels are set to visible, and there is no problem with the fore/background color settings.

Also, nothing else shares the same space as the labels, so they're not simply being covered up (besides, I tried "move to front").

I tried deleting the fields and adding them in again, but the same thing happens.

Is this some weird bug in Access, or am I missing something here?

Please help!!

 

[Jeff Bailey]

Maybe (just an outside possibility) they don't fit. Have you tried making the subform control bigger (temporarily) to see if they appear?

 

[Idjit]

Thanks for your post, but size doesn't appear to be the issue. The labels are all surrounded by other controls, and everything shows up except for these particular labels.

 

[Jeff Bailey]

Well, that's poser ...

If you open the subform as a form in its own right do the labels show then?

Jeff

 

[Idjit]

Yes, when the subform is opened on its own in form view, the labels show up. That's one of the things that's really puzzling me.

 

[biggins]

This may not be of use anymore to the original poster, but after coming across the same problem and only finding forums like this where the problem is described but no solutions found, I figured I should share with the internet how I got it to work.

For me all it took was changing the "Print Data Only" checkbox (under the Page Setup ribbon tab when you're viewing the report in design view) to false. Hope that can help some other googlers who come across this page!