ACC2000: How to Programmatically Add Controls to a Tab Control

ID: Q209880

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).

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Access, you can use a tab control to group sets of controls together on different pages. When you select a tab, you see only the controls embedded on that page. Microsoft Access also provides the CreateControl function, which enables you to programmatically create controls on a Microsoft Access form. This article shows you how to use the CreateControl function to programmatically create and embed a text box control on a specific page of a tab control.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider or the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about Microsoft Certified Solution Providers, please see the following page on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/mcsp/

For more information about the support options available from Microsoft, please see the following page on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

When you use the CreateControl function to create a control on a specific page of a tab control, you must specify the name of the page that will contain the control as the Parent argument. To create a text box control on the second page of a tab control, follow these steps:

Open the sample database Northwind.mdb or the sample Access project NorthwindCS.adp.

Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there:


Option Explicit

Type the following procedure:


Sub CreateControlOnPage()

   Dim frm As Form, ctl As Control

   ' Create a new blank form.
   Set frm = CreateForm()

   ' Create a tab control on the new form.
   Set ctl = CreateControl(frm.Name, acTabCtl, acDetail)

   ' Create a text box on the form, and specify that Page2 is
   ' the parent of the text box.
   Set ctl = CreateControl(frm.Name, acTextBox, acDetail, "Page2")
   ctl.Top = 0.5 * 1440
   DoCmd.SelectObject acForm, frm.Name
   DoCmd.Restore

End Sub

To test this procedure, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:
```
CreateControlOnPage 
```
Note that a new form that contains a tab control is created.

On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Access, and then click Page 2 of the tab control.

Note that it contains an unbound text box control.

REFERENCES

For more information about the CreateContol method, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "CreateControl, CreateReportControl method" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For more information about the tab control, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "what is a tab control" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: inf TabControl

Keywords : kbdta AccCon IntpCstm
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto