ACC2000: Changes to Properties of ActiveX Controls Are Not Saved on Data Access Pages

ID: Q225975

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Access 2000
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access project (.adp).


SYMPTOMS

If you insert an ActiveX control into a Microsoft Access data access page and then change the properties, the changes are lost when you open the page in Page view or in Web Page Preview. The changes are also lost if you close the page and then open it in Design view.


CAUSE

The property changes to ActiveX controls are not saved in the HTML file of the page.


RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, set the properties of ActiveX controls by using script at run time.

For more information about scripting data access pages, on the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Microsoft Script Editor. In the Microsoft Script Editor, click Contents on the Help menu.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.


  2. In the Database window, click Pages under Objects.


  3. Click New. Click Design View, and then click OK to create a new page.


  4. On the Insert menu, click ActiveX Control. In the Insert ActiveX Control dialog box, click Microsoft TabStrip Control (version 5.0 or version 6.0), and then click OK.


  5. Right-click the new ActiveX control, point to TabStrip Object, and then click Properties.


  6. Click the Tabs tab, and click Insert Tab four times. Click OK.


  7. On the View menu, click Page View. Note that the extra tabs are lost.


Additional query words: missing gone prb

Keywords : kbdta AccDAP DAPProb
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: September 2, 1999
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