Why is "Sunken" not working?

[Maritza]

I'm working on Windows XP, MS Access 2003 SP1. The problem that I'm having is that even though the Special effect on my objects is set up to SUNKEN, they still appear FLAT, in order to change the appearance, I have to select the object, change the Special Effect property to "Shadowed" and back to Sunken, and then it works.

What could be happening? Does it have something to do with Access 2003? Could it be that we are missing a file? Suggestions are greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

Maritza

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I'm going out on a limb here. How do you know the object's attribute is set to SUNKEN? (This is a rhetorical question.)

Just clicking the control appearance "SUNKEN" button should make it happen.

BUT...

If you make one control SUNKEN and then select another control, you would see that the SUNKEN option is identified in the tool bar - but that control is not necessarily sunken. You see, the iconic tool bar attributes stay where they are set even if you select something else that isn't set that way. (I know, what a pain in the tochex... but hey, it's a Bill Gates product. What do you want? Perfection?)

The ONLY times a control takes on a SUNKEN appearance (without using VBA) is if you select it and then select the SUNKEN attribute or ...

if SUNKEN is already selected on the iconic toolbar and you select a control and you CLICK the SUNKEN attribute without selecting a new one first.

 

[Maritza]

Thanks for you’re replied. Let's say that I just created a new form, selected a text box, placed the textbox on the form, the appearance would be FLAT. If I select the object and check the properties, the Special Effect property is set up to Sunken, and under the icon tool bar it also shows at Sunken. Is there a default option somewhere within Access? I read in the Forum that there is a command that we can use with Visual Basic for Apps to set the objects to a certain appearance, but what about within just Access.

Thanks!

 

[RuralGuy]

What version of Access are you running? In acXP if you select a control from the tool bar and then go to View>Properties, you see the Default properties for that control.

 

[Maritza]

Thanks for the reply. I'm using MS Office Access 2003 SP1, operating system: Windows XP Professional version 2002, SP 2. I work in an office where we don't control the versions of the applications we run. I just checked the properties of the text box of the toolbar, and it is in deed set to FLAT. Is there anyway that I can change the default of all my text boxes to SUNKEN using Access vs Visual Basic?

Thanks,

Maritza

 

[gemma-the-husky]

i have the same problem

i think it affects the appearance of command buttons (raised?), as well as text boxes

not sure why

I have A97, AXP, and A2003 installed, but my dbs produce the same effect on some other machines also - irritating, but I stopped bothering in the end